Tag Archives: Texas

Local Guides

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If you are a fan of Google Maps, you can help out the world and get some benefits like upgrading your Google Drive storage.  I have used and contributed a bit to Yelp, Gowalla, and Foursquare in the past, but fell out of like with them all.  I’m usually out and about with a camera of some sort, so why not contribute a photo or a review every now and then?  These screenshots are from tonight’s review of Shake Shack in the Domain – my first burger here.  If you want to learn more about Google Local Guides, check out their website.  If you become a super Local Guide and get invited to a cool party or get Google Drive upgrades or other free stuff, then you can thank me later.  ðŸ™‚

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Adelbert’s Brewery II

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It is a rainy Saturday in Austin, so I took it easy today.  I watched some football, had lunch with a friend, stopped by Adelbert’s Brewery, and chilled at Starbucks with my iPad.  What you see in the first photo is a semi-wet picnic table outside the Brewery with a “Naked Nun” – their awesome Wit Beer which was chemically enhanced by a few stray rain drops.

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Overlook Park

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Today’s mission was to walk across the North San Gabriel Dam, down the hill, and then to the fishing pier at Overlook Park on Lake Georgetown.  Sometimes you get a groovy sunset, and sometimes you get beautiful colors.  It was a nice cool evening at the lake with an occasional fish jumping to break the calm surface of the water.

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Three Herons

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Besides the beautiful San Gabriel River sunset, can you spot the three Herons?  Now that we have experienced “Fall Back” there will be more evening walking, and less evening hiking.  I have to get out of work on time to get a nice walk in before dark.  And you don’t want to get caught out after dark when all the monsters start terrorizing the neighborhood.

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