We really enjoyed this family outing on Lady Bird Lake. Read on to see and learn about the “different” buildings in downtown Austin.
The Colorado River runs through Austin’s vibrant downtown. Flanked by parks, bike and hiking trails and entertainment venues, the river also widens and slows, prompting the name Lady Bird Lake after LBJ’s First Lady.
Striking view at dusk
Groupon led us to Lone Star Riverboat cruises, offering a chance to enjoy a sunset cruise and beautiful views of the remarkable and interesting architecture of Austin’s skyline. Lone Star has both a double deck “paddle wheeler” style boat. Sher and I and our son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter chose to ride the open air pontoon boat for our sunset cruise.
Center building is either an owl or a nose hair clipper: locals laugh about it
Curved building is the new Google Headquarters, far right is one that looks like a thumb drive
We thoroughly enjoyed our slow paced tour up and down the waters. Our Captain of the craft gave a…
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What a fun outing! I’ve never been to Austin and had no idea it has such an impressive skyline.
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That and the building projects continue downtown. Thanks, Anne.
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A great place to see the bats.
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So true, Ken. We saw the bats from the bridge a few years back, and our cruise went under the bridge, there were a few bats then too. (Not the thousands of them)
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Nice photos.
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Thanks, Tim.
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History meets the modern world, sounds like a great riverboat cruise.
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It was a unique trip. Thanks, Mark.
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