Even though I grew up in Austin, I moved away before I was old enough to really appreciate the level of weirdness the city embodies. So this visit to Austin, we took opportunities to explore some of the awesome places we had only heard about. This past weekend while hanging out with our new friends, and [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, March 27, 2010
Time Frame: March 7 – 21, 2010 Miles Driven: 1229 After an extended stay in Florida catching up with family and friends, checking out sail boats and making new friends – we decided to head on to Austin to be in the area while SXSW Interactive was going on. With so many bloggers and friends planning to be [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, June 24, 2009
We got an e-mail from Bill Bivin, one of the moderators from Dell over at Digital Nomads, asking us if we would be interested in submitting a guest post about our Camp Nomadia theme camp at Burning Man. As we also happened to be in Austin at the time, we made arrangements to meet [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 9, 2009
I grew up in South Austin, not too far from the Barton Creek Greenbelt. In fact, we could hike to it from our house. It was a wonderful place to grow up and be out in nature, but yet part of a progressive urban city. My brother still lives in Austin, so it’s a frequent destination [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 1, 2009
Time period: April 24 – May 17, 2009 Miles Driven: 1593 After weeks of no firm plans and trusting in nomadic serendipity to guide our journey through Arizona and New Mexico, after Carlsbad Caverns we were back on route to our next planned destination – Austin, Texas. Austin is where Cherie grew up, and her brother now lives [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, May 7, 2009
Cherie grew up in Austin, and her brother and his wife live there today. It is a cool town, and a place we will want to return to often in our travels. Camping near a major urban area is always a challenge, but in McKinney Falls State Park we have discovered a great place to [...]
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Monday, April 5, 2010
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