24. visit bat bridge in Austin, TX (33x33)

this year for the Fourth of July I decided to travel into the middle of 'merica to join Erik's road trip. He's tattooing in all the states. I met up with him in St. Louis, Missouri at Ironworks Tattoo. We went to the St. Louis Zoo, where we met "Curious" George and a pack of stinky penguins.



We drove from St.Louis to Kansas City for fireworks. There's a bike trail underneath Interstate 35 in Kansas City with wrought iron railing along the bridge crossing the Missouri River, it was absolutely gorgeous. The map said it was a 15-mile trail along the river, but I only got a mile and had to turn around.



Then at 11:00PM we set out for Austin, TX. Erik drove until dawn and I picked up in Love County Oklahoma.



We arrived in Austin a little before noon. We found some eats, a cheap place to crash, and promptly did so. Set our alarm clock for 6PM so we could get some dinner before going down to the bat bridge... otherwise officially called Congressional Bridge. I had heard from friends to not sit below the bridge at dusk because that musky mist is guano. yum.



They started to leave their roost at 8:30 and kept on waking up for about 20 minutes. They flew south and east along the Red River, making swirls of black bat clouds along the cityscape. I think the chirping was the best part.






austin isn't so weird...