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One of the things I really wanted to show Sam when I took her to Austin for the 4th of July was the bats. Austin has the largest urban population of Mexican free-tailed bats in the world; the boat tour guide said there were 800,000 bats this year! They live under the Congress [...] A friend of mine, Sam, was in Houston from Canada for work right before the 4th of July. I took her with me when I headed to Austin for the holiday weekend. One of our stops was The Oasis, a restaurant built into the side of the limestone cliffs overlooking Lake Travis. Sam, Sara, and [...] When I went to Austin for the 4th of July, we stopped in at County Line BBQ on Lake Austin. It’s fantastic BBQ and has a deck out on the lake where you can feed the turtles! Below are a few that were especially friendly. They were adorable!
[...] I was in San Francisco for the annual fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union a couple of weeks ago, so the next several sets of photos will be from that trip. My friend Cassie and I went out on a ferry ride to Sausalito in the fog at sunset the first night we were [...] One of the great things about living in Houston is having a beach so nearby. It’s especially nice in the offseason when there are fewer people, even on beautiful days.
[...] Juliane and I went down to Galveston yesterday. It was an absolutely gorgeous day at the beach. She let me take some photos of her during the sunset when the light was nice. These are a few of my favorites.
[...] After the comet was a no-show, we decided to stick around to watch the sunrise over the Gulf. Hundreds of seagulls appeared as dawn neared, and pelicans soared overhead like the Mafia of the bird world. When the sun broke through, there was gorgeous golden light shining through the clouds. It was a beautiful, peaceful [...] We went to Galveston to try to catch a view of Comet McNaught several weeks ago. We were unsuccessful because of cloud cover and light pollution, but I did manage to get a few decent pictures while it was still dark. The Milky Way
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