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| A pretty waterfall in the pre-historic garden. This section has many
ferns and a few statues of dinosaurs.
| The Cactus Garden. A pleasing variety.
| More uncrowded paths to wander.
| One entrance to the Botanical Gardens.
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| Mount Bonnell Park
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| The pretty view westward from Mount Bonnell Park. Look at all the big
houses and manicured lawns (especially near the river).
| Ibid, the view southward.
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| Pennybacker Bridge (a.k.a. the 360 Bridge)
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| Pennybacker
Bridge from a distance.
| Pennybacker Bridge. The highway that runs across it (the loop 360
highway) passes between large stone (granite?) faces, visible in the
background of this picture. Indeed, the whole area has such faces: I
drove route 2222 to here from Mount Bonnell and passed a number.
| Pennybacker Bridge is famous for having no part of its support structure
touching the water. You can see that in this picture. But the bridge
is really just one big arch--not exciting, even close-up.
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| Dinner at Casino El Camino
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Casino El
Camino.
I took this picture the previous day when exploring
downtown Austin knowing that I'd be eating here at night and wanting a
daytime picture of the building.
| The courtyard out back where I ate.
| My "pitts burger" (mushroom, onions, provolone, and "zesty A-1" sauce) and
fries.
The burger was large, though I am unconvinced it was the
weight they advertised: three-quarters of a pound. The burger felt average
quality. It was properly cooked. I didn't detect much A-1 sauce. There's
not much to say.
The fries were meh: chewy, not crisp, as if they
had been sitting out for too long.
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With dinner, I tried the Blue Moon they had on tap: eh.
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| Fodder for Rose Garden Panorama
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