Day Five/ Goodbye Texas

We had an absolute blast.  Thanks to my parents and Eric for coming and making it so fun.

(I'm still missing those donuts.)

Day Four/San Antonio, TX

San Antonio had a lot to see.  We ended up walking more this day than probably the whole trip combined.  We started out at the Alamo.  The grounds were gorgeous and it was cool to learn more about the epic story of the Alamo.

 After exploring the Alamo we started the River Walk.  It's gorgeous.  I wish we had one in Utah.  It was so nice to walk along the river and see the city.

 We finished our day out at the Tower of the Americas.  It was really cool to get a bird's eye view of the city.  It was extremely windy out on the observation deck.

 Such a busy, and fun day.  My feet were so done by the end of the day.

Day Three/Austin-Lockhart-San Antonio, TX

Day three we woke up and headed into the city of Austin for one last day of BBQ (and those donuts again..i still miss them)

As you can see the men were interested in how to BBQ and getting tips.  I was just wanting to eat, and my mom just wanted the free beer. (yeah right)

On a full stomach, we hopped in the car and drove to Lockhart so we could see some of the original BBQ joints, and explore a town that seemed like it was straight out of the movie Fried Green Tomatoes.

After we were finished in Lockhart we drove to San Antonio where we would be the rest of the trip.  We headed out into the city to grab dinner and explore the city at night.

Day Two/Austin TX

We started our second day out by dropping Bob and my dad off at Franklin's BBQ to wait for a whopping 3.5 hrs. in line for food.  While Eric, my mom, and I explored the city of Austin.

We started out at the Capitol.  It's huge, and really cool.

After the Capitol we headed to the college.

We finished up before we met the boys at a park that had an awesome view of the city.

Then it was time for BBQ at Franklin's.  It was fall off the bone, and so good.  The best pulled pork sandwich of my life.

Then we headed on a road trip to visit Lake Travis, and the Oasis that rests on it.

Then we finished up our day with some dinner, dessert, and great views of the city.

Austin is such a cool city.

Day One/Austin, TX

We flew into San Antonio and then started our drive to Austin.  The first day of our trip the weather was gorgeous.  The sun was shining, the windows were down, and I was one happy girl.  (Utah was getting pelted with snow.)

Once we got into Austin, we took a very pretty drive through the middle of nowhere to The Salt Lick.  Had to start our trip off right.

The BBQ was amazing.  Probably the best ribs we had the whole trip.  Which is saying a lot because we went to a million BBQ joints.  The turkey was amazing too.  The only thing that was unpleasant was the whole jalapeno I bit into.  Don't know what I was thinking. All I know is that it felt like I blacked out for a second.

We had been traveling all day, so after dinner we drove to our hotels and slept so we could hit it hard the next day.