Peter and Selina visit Texas

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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 Mexican food restaurant

At the starting line

Peter's tour of downtown Austin/cheering on our half-marathoners


Jean charges the hill at mile 12

Finishers!



Comments

Linda's Relaxing Lair said…
Such a great post and beautiful photos. Thank you so much for sharing, and warm greetings from Montreal, Canada.
2 July 2025 at 19:48
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