Nanna J and I are taking the big bird out to Seattle on June 10th. We’ll be flying out of Lambert Int’l Airport in St. Louis in the evening. We are headed there to see our son’s family, at Ft. Lewis, Wa. Mostly we are going because of the three granddaughters.
While we’re there, our plan is not just to visit with the girls but get out and see a few things. We’d really enjoy hooking up with folks in the area and seeing something we’ve not seen before. During out last visit a few years ago, we saw the Space Needle and the Experience Music Project, and the Sci-fi museum. We also visited the Pike St. Market and took the underground tour.
Looking for ideas in or around Seattle of course but considering the drive to Portland, Or or up to British Columbia. (Would be my wife’s first out of country visit if so.) We are also open to meeting up with folks one of the days a photowalk, to hang out for drinks, or something in between.
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To the left is the driving map from St. Peters, MO to Austin, Tx with a stop in Texarkana, AR. Total estimated travel time is 14 hours 20 mins.
Our expectation is to do most of that trip on Saturday, March 22nd, stopping in Texarkana. This drive should be fairly relaxed as we’ll be taking off before noon and make stops along the way. Most likely we’ll stop around Memphis and around Little Rock.
My wife and I have never visited Little Rock, so we hope to stop and grab a few pictures there.
We plan to stay in Austin through till Saturday morning. Plans may change as weather conditions change, and/or other things develop during our stay.
Do feel free to invite us to breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, photography, or whatever. We are going to staying with a friend, and spending some evenings with her of course.
Some recommendations from friends:
Bob Bullock History Museum
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Zilker Park Rose Garden
Threadgill’s
Salt Lick BBQ
Alamo Draft House
Botanical gardens
Stretch of South Congress between the river and E. Oltorf
Guero’s Taco Bar (shrimp fajitas FTW)
Mars Bar
If you have recommendations for eateries, hangouts, favorite tourist attraction or whatever, please leave a comment here, DM me on Twitter @tojosan, or email me tojosa/gmail.com. If you want a postcard, email me or DM with note saying POSTCARD and an address.
Thanks so much for the recommendations so far. Can’t wait to be in Austin, see the sites, visit with friends, take some pictures and eat at some interesting places.
