Road Trip: Austin

We arrived in Austin Wednesday night and immediately devoured a giant pile of barbecue - it was delicious, too much so for us to pause and photograph it before diving in. We spent today driving around the city with our friend and her adorable baby - we started with fancy coffee, then walked around Barton Springs to cool off.

 We had our first Sonic experience:

Ben showing off his (not very) blue tongue.

Delicious tacos for lunch:

 Followed by also delicious cookies at Sweetish Hill Bakery:

That cookie is shaped like Texas!

We spent the rest of the afternoon wandering in/around the Texas statehouse. We learned that they are only in session a few months every other year (crazy!), and also that they have really sweet hinges on all their doors:

I told Ben to "look legislative"

I disapprove of the 10 Commandments on government property.

We finished the day off with watching a bike race, eating pizza, and lots of baby ogling. Tomorrow is the longest driving day of the whole trip (~13 hours), so it's early to bed for an early start first thing in the morning!