In late July, my eldest brother's eldest child, Keira, left a hot summer in Virginia to spend an even hotter week here in south central Texas. Of course we went to the Alamo. First we saw an IMAX movie about the Alamo and how it stands for freedom. I guess it stands for freedom if you define freedom as moving to a foreign country then claiming it for yourself when you don't like the government. It certainly explains Texas if that's how they define it here. Then, for the first time since moving here, I took a visitor inside the Alamo instead of just driving slowly past it. The Alamo is crowded every daylight hour of every day of every week. Keira and I visited on a mid-afternoon on Friday when the temperature was at or around 105 degrees. Freedom is hot.
The next day we went to Driftwood, Texas where the most excellent barbecue joint, The Salt Lick, is. They wait on you at your table and allow both silverware and sauce so it's my current favorite Texas barbecue place.
Afterwards we went to Austin and shopped on South Congress with the hipsters and toured the capital with the tourists.
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