Fall Breaking Part 2: Austin Adventures

I woke up the next morning to the following text messages:

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That's right.

They cancelled the race.

They cancelled a mud run BECAUSE IT WAS RAINING...

Safety liabilities are stupid.

The silver lining to these rain clouds is that I'm getting free admission to the Texas Super Spartan race and the Houston Tough Mudder in January.

Since I was not going to be running around in the mud that morning, our party decided to get a taste of Texas culture in nearby Austin.

The first stop on the list was Roundrock Doughnuts! It's such a beautiful decision to take "Everything's bigger in Texas" and apply it to doughnuts.

That's right, doughnuts larger than your entire head. Thank you Texas! Loaded up with this nutritious breakfast, we toured the Texas history museum, the LBJ library, and UT campus (without vandalizing anything with Rice logos).

There are SO many Lone Stars in Austin.

Yes, Jeremy displayed his archie spacial skills and solved the entire maze cow.

With the weather slightly better, we drove straight for the coast, reaching Seadrift, Tx at nightfall. Rather than trying to find a boat out to our island in the dark, we stopped as soon as we found an empty beach, and just pulled out the tent and sleeping bags. We slept under the stars on the shores of the gulf, with a dinner of pizza, gatorade, and nutella. I don't know why I haven't done this more often. :)