This weekend, Kevin and I decided to be adventurous (for us), and actually take advantage of living in a city that has some fun event happening every weekend. The 6th Annual Austin Bat Festival was Saturday, August 21, 2010. If you don't know, Austin is "famous" for housing the largest urban bat colony in North America. The colony lives underneath Congress Bridge in downtown. It actually is quite cool b/c you can see them fly off for the night around sundown and there are over 1 million bats! Anyhow, Austin is proud of their bats so they hold a special festival in honor of them. It really would have been great, that is, if it wasn't 100+ degrees outside, and if the festival wasn't on the Congress Bridge with absolutely no break from the sun! As we started the adventure, we parked our car down Congress, and I thought, "Well, it is hot, but it's not too bad with the breeze and the shade." Well, that nice breeze and shade were nowhere to be found on Congress Bridge. We did brave the heat with lots of water, but probably made it through the festival in record time considering it was too hot to stand still to enjoy the bands or peruse the booths. So, if you haven't already guessed: Our recommendation is to AVOID the Austin Bat Festival. Definitely come see the bats sometime at sundown (preferably when it's cooler), but don't torture yourself on the Congress Bridge in the scorching heat. Here's the proof of our unwise adventure....
And we had to get pics with the cool guitars on our walk back to the car! 
Oh, well, maybe we'll have better luck with our next adventure!
2 comments:
What a fun idea!!
Amended now that I've read the description - I think the photos with the guitars is a fun idea. But maybe for November-April. :)
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