At Holey Moley Miniature Golf Peter, Jean's cousin, and Selina, his girlfriend, visited us here in Texas over a pretty cold, cloudy week in February. This being Peter and Selina's first visit to Texas and Jean being the constant travel planner prepared a pretty extensive spreadsheet of recommended sights and experiences to take in while in the Austin area.  And as a little bonus Jean and Selina had also both signed up to run a half marathon at the end of the week. Here is a video recap of the week: And here are some stills: First Day in Texas Never too cold for a swim at Barton Springs Pool For the record, when we started up Enchanted Rock the trail was open  This is what you get for letting me lead the hike One of the cave tours at Natural Bridge Caverns has this nifty 700 foot long conveyor belt to convey you out of the cave Natural Bridge Cavern's namesake Holey Moley miniature golf Mount Bonnell Zilker Botanical Garden Laguna Gloria Contemporary Art Museum Flores Mexica...

Jean and I spent the first several days of the New Year in New Mexico. We set off on our trip earlyish New Years Eve morning. Jean is currently training for the Austin Marathon (happening in February) and has grown a lot stronger in the past couple of months reaching a point to where she actually enjoys running. It's a crazy world. Enroute she suggested we stop in San Angelo where it looked like there was a nice path along the Concho river. Jean did a 4 mile run while I had a burger at a brewery on the river front. Our eventual goal was Taos but we stayed the first night (New Years Eve) in Roswell, New Mexico at a Best Western. There we met up with with our friends/neighbors Hunter and Mandi who we would be sharing the Taos accommodation with. On the road to Taos The next day we took the winding highway 518 through the mountains into Taos arriving at midday. We couldn’t check in until 4 pm so Jean and I went hiking while Hunter and Mandi found a place to watch the Texas/Arizona ...