360 Bridge - This is a picture of me (Jesse) at Austin's famous 360 Bridge. The bridge spans the Colorado River, and we are standing at the top of a cliff that overlooks the river and the city of Austin.
Colorado River - This is a picture of me from the top of Mount Bonnell. The river behind me is further down the Colorado River, which runs directly through the city of Austin.
Austin Construction - Austin is one of the fastest growing cities in Texas and in the country. There are cranes and new sky-scrapers flying up everywhere!
Lady Bird Lake - This is a picture from a bridge across Lady Bird Lake. It's named after "Lady Bird Johnson," who was the wife of President Lyndon B. Johnson. LBJ grew up close by. The "lake" is actually just another part of the Colorado river. The river has several dams across it that block of sections of it that flow through Texas. Almost every day people are out on the lake on stand up paddle boards, canoes, and row boats.
Blue Bonnets - The Blue Bonnet is the state flower of Texas. Lady Bird Johnson was famous for pushing for the beautification of Texas by the wide planting of wildflowers along its highways. In the spring you can see giant swaths of blue bonnets along the highway. It's a tradition for people to take photographs of their babies and young children sitting in the blue bonnets like I'm doing here!
Austin Bat Bridge - The bridge behind me is Austin's "Bat Bridge." The bridge is North America's largest urban bat colony! There are 1.5 million "Mexican free-tailed" bats that live under this bridge. In the summer time, people come and line up every single night by the bridge. At dusk you can see as thousands upon thousands of bats come out to hunt for insects! Unfortunately, I'm here in March, and the bats are away (they migrate to Mexico in the wintertime).
Bat Statue - A picture of me across from the Bat Bridge in front of the Bat statue
Bats - Here is a picture of me with the Bats! (Just kidding, it's me with a picture on one of the signs next to the bridge that explains about the bats).
South Congress Avenue - This is just a picture of me on top of the same bridge. Just a normal bridge. You may be able to see at the very end of the street the Texas State Capitol.
Willie Nelson Statue - Here is a picture of me with a Statue of Willie Nelson. Austin if famous for live music, and the most famous person associated with Austin music is the country music singer Willie Nelson. The statue is in front of a famous music venue called "Austin City Limits." (ACL)
Willie Nelson Blvd - Willie Nelson is loved so much here they named the street that ACL is on after him.
Whole Foods - Whole Foods is from Austin, Texas! This is a picture of me in front of world headquarters for Whole Foods. The building is the headquarters, and down below is one of the best grocery stores you've ever been in! (Because kids love grocery shopping, right?)
Texas State Capital - This is me in front of the Capital of Texas building. The first thing everyone in Texas wants you to know about this building is that it is the tallest Capital building in the country, including the United States Capital. No state capital is supposed to be taller than the U.S. Capital, which this one was not....but they added the statue on top afterwards, making it even taller. Everything's bigger in Texas!
