It's emptying out post-SXSW and we feel it's time to move on also. I could definitely spend much more time hanging around here but there are other sights to see.
The bike path down the river (there is/was a Lance Armstrong bikeway, this may be it) ejects us west through the Austin suburbs, a very nice area set amongst the hills. It's the start of Hill Country now and immediately apparent; the short sharp inclines were tough in this mid-afternoon heat.
We yo-yo and slowly start to gain some altitude. Ranchs become commonplace as the countryside unfolds. The landscape is getting a dry-Spanish-Mediterranean look to it.
Arriving at the campsite just before sunset we hoped we could dodge the fare but the operation is a bit tighter run than we'd anticipated. Normally I wouldn't care to cough up some money for a nice campsite at a nice park such as this, but it's massively frustrating when it's exactly the same $26 fare for our teeny tents as for a full-sized motor home.
We cook up a 10 person portion pot of instant ramen noodles in the dark and admire the unobstructed night sky before calling it a night.
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