March 18, Austin, capital of Texas

Austin, capital of Texas and world capital of music?
Texans pride themselves on world bests but we will have to believe it. We stayed south of town and found everything a good drive away. It took us about 3 days to find everything, at which time we left. The road system is mind-boggling, a spaghetti of overpass over overpass, I guess that's where the oil tax money goes. They are still building overpasses there, despite talking of laying off teachers and cutting budgets 25%.
The downtown Capitol core is a lovely mix of historic yellow sandstone buildings, many beautifully restored and high-rise city scape of lovely modern buildings, mostly banks. Several 'gatherings' outside the capital were disputing cuts for education and banning texting while driving. Both Senate and Representative houses were in session but we were able to visit both houses and see how Texas is ruled!
Driving home, the sun has come out, it's stinking hot and we spot an outdoor beer parlor, U-turn and get back there. It's Doc's Motor Court Bar, a garage turned into a bar. Yeah. We're obviously near one of the universities, as it's packed with students and locals with their dogs. And why not, with $1 chicken or beef tacos and lots of cold beer.
Leaving Austin we went up through Hill Country, supposedly the best part of Texas. Wild flowers are now blooming beside the road, and cotton, pecans, cattle and oil/gas wells and collection centres were evident. Goats and sheep make this the US capital for wool and mohair production too. Wish we could find local goat cheese but no.
"Jesus is the boss on the cross"
"Keep Austin Weird"
"J (heart)U" - yup, you're reminded there's lots of religion in Texas all right. At the next RV park, the WiFi password is godblessyou. We're saved!
Austin was a great town for finding all the things we needed, do the laundry, central RV park, wash the RV, get RV parts, some retail therapy (clothes for my cruise at Chicos), and of course, a visit to a genuine out-in-the-boons Texas BBQ. For $20 we had dinner of ribs, sausage, brisket, coleslaw, potato salad, local beer and, of course, pecan pie. The weather was cool, positively cold overnight (45) but then next day sun and 87.