Austin, Texas
1/21/2023 (I’m behind)
By Max
On the first day, December 10, we drove for a couple hours from Dallas to Austin. On the way we stopped at Baylor university. We ate lunch there and saw bears. We drove for a couple more hours to the Omni Barton Creek hotel. It was cool. We ate dinner, then went to sleep. The next day, we did school, then swam all day. It was fun. On December 12, we did school, swam for a little bit, then went to the Austin Bouldering Project, or rock climbing. It was fun. My dad did a hard one that went upside-down, and only one other guy could do it, but you could tell that he climbed regularly. After climbing, we went to the Austin bat refuge, the largest urban population of bats in the world (I think). After that, we went to dinner. Once we ate dinner, we got custom ice cream sandwiches that had 2 cookies of our choice, and ice cream of our choice. The next day, we did school, then went to the Inner Space Cavern. It was cool. We saw rocks that would touch in 50 years. The rocks grow an inch every 100 years. After the cavern, we stayed at the hotel for the rest of the day. On December 14, we went to the Texas capital building. It was so cool to see. We also stopped at the governor’s house. Did you know that the Texas capitol building is 1 million square feet, and 2/3 of it is under ground? That is because of a fire and they didn’t want to make another building to rival the beauty of the capitol building. Also, the building is 10 feet taller than the white house, and they say that it was no accident. After that, we got a really tasty dinner, then went back to the hotel. On the 15th, we went horseback riding, and my horse and my dad’s horse kept eating grass. We got barbeque and then rode back to the ranch. We went back to the hotel, ate dinner, then went to sleep. The next day, we did school, and my dad and I golfed. It was so cold that we stopped on hole 10. It was like 45 degrees. That night, we went to a steakhouse, and I got a giant ribeye. We roasted marshmallows and saw someone propose. The next day, we went bouldering again, then had lunch and went to the hotel. We enjoyed the last night at the hotel. My dad woke us up early to go on a hike. We walked along a dry riverbed. My dad and I climbed 10–15-foot dry waterfalls. We saw a giant fish swimming in a little pool of water. After the hike, we drove to San Antonio.
