Lake Georgetown Hike

LakeGeorgetown

Last weekend we went hiking on Lake Georgetown, north of Austin. It's not a natural lake -- there was only one in all of Texas... then oil were found. So like all other "lakes" in Texas, this one is a dammed up portion of a river, in this case, the San Gabriel. It was a really great day and we wanted to get out and do a short hike. This was about 5 miles of flat terrain and culminated in a cool water feature, which you can see in the album posted above. One great thing about Lake Georgetown is that you can overnight there on the 26-mile trip around the lake and it's free! We might have to do this some time, but it would have to be soon... Summer be a-comin'.

More Crazy Weather

Hat tip to cousin Sarah, who sent me this figure today from the Austin American-Statesman newspaper:

Yep... it was 67 degrees this morning when I woke up, a nasty drop of about 25 degrees by lunch, and there's a good chance of "winter mix" precipitation for this evening (meaning hail or sleet)!

(See this post for a related figure)

Holiday Greetings

From Batman and Krusty (and MS Paint)

Texas Weather Is Confusing

I present to you this data on the running temperatures here in Austin over the last 5 days or so... It was nearly 80 degrees yesterday and then it snowed last night. Go figure.

Mexico City Skyline

250-degree (or so) panoramic using 18 shots and stitched together using autostitch.

Click the image above for a larger view, click here for a huge (1.5 MB) view.

Mexico City Photos

Finally, some photos. I hope to get a post up about our experiences on Sunday, but I'm not sure if that'll happen. In short: We love cities, and unlike big Asian cities, Mexico City is laid-back and slow-paced. It's easy to navigate -- it has an excellent subway system and wide pedestrian walks -- and everyone we met (few of whom spoke much English) were really cool. We got free shots of Mezcal at Los Danzantes in Coyoacan, hung out at a hip hole-in-the-wall bar where we me some cool folks, and saw a bunch of other really cool sights and places. We had a great time and I wish we could have stayed longer. Enjoy the photos!

Mexico City, Part 1 of Many...

The altar dedicated to the Aztec god Ehécatl located in the middle of the Pino Suarez Metro Station in Mexico City.

More to come...

Mario Party

Princess Peach has been cheating on Mario with one of these two Luigis. Can you guess which one?

Halloween 2008

Some costumes from our Halloween Party


Shake Zula, the mic rula
Master Shake (from Aqua Teen Hunger Force) in a costume that was 100% home made!

Luigi, Mario, Shake, and Fairy

Mario, Sexy Col. Sanders, Pirate Hooker

Two Luigis named Mike... how weird is that?

Fletcher Peak Panoramic

Four-photo panoramic shot of Vogelsang Lake and Fletcher Peak in Yosemite. (clicky for biggy)

Made with hugin