Baking Our Way Through Austin

**Disclaimer: This blog post was written a while ago, but we weren’t about to pay $10 for internet in New Orleans because quite frankly that’s just ridiculous.

Once again we did not make our deadline…big surprise. Oh well, guess there’s not much we can do about it now…except catch you up on our time in Austin. We had heard from numerous people to check out Barton Springs Pool, especially since it was going to be 100 degrees outside, and the pool is kept at a constant 68 degrees. Perfect way to cool off. So our first morning in Austin we decided to make our way over there. Unbeknownst to us, it was closed that day due to flooding. Once again Mother Nature ruined our plans, but we guess that’s just how road trips go. So instead we decided to head over to our hotel, and by hotel we mean motel, but all we cared about was the pool. We’re pretty sure that it was impossible to lay out for more than 4 minutes without jumping into the pool to cool off. Fortunately, this pool was a little cooler than the one in Phoenix…84 degrees.

After a strenuous day of working on our tans, we headed out for dinner and some drinks on the infamous 6^th street, which apparently is also known to locals as “Dirty 6^th Street”…homeless people + downtown bar area = dirty but entertaining. Hence why everybody goes there. Fortunately for us, we picked a great place to go to. It had an amazing live band, and a great bartender. Free drinks are always welcomed.

Lucky for us Barton Springs Pool was open the next day, so obviously we spent the majority of our day there working diligently on our tans. Such a tough life.

Once again the weather maxed out around 100 degrees leaving us constantly covered in sweat to the extent that if you looked at us, you wouldn’t be entirely sure whether or not we had just gotten out of the water. It honestly felt like we were put in an oven set to bake at 350 degrees. While 68 degree water is incredibly refreshing, the extreme change in temperatures pretty much put our bodies in shock. Even still, it made for a really enjoyable day, and we wish we had something like this back home. Since we were so exhausting from working all day, we decided to just order in for dinner and save our energy for an evening of barhopping on Dirty 6^th. Good for us, there are no covers at the bars, and the drinks are incredibly cheap.

The next morning we began our trek to New Orleans. For the first time on our trip we hit annoying, pointless traffic caused by incompetent drivers. Apparently Texans and Louisianans were never required to go to driver’s ed. because they clearly have no idea what they’re doing on the road. Good thing none of us have any serious road rage or we may have ended up in jail. We’re currently in New Orleans living up our last night here. Check back next month for our next update.

Until next time,

Namaste