Mr Scott pays us a visit

November and Mr Scott has come over to Austin to pay us a visit for two weeks, its great to see him.

We took him to the Alamo and enchanted rock.

Not going to say a lot just a few pictures of the occasion.

Trail of lights Austin Texas

Its that time of year and now that Christmas has hit, a lot of the houses are putting up their decorations, ourselves included, it really is very festive and some of the houses go way over the top.

Austin has a tradition of setting up a christmas tree in Zilker park which we visited on December 1st, then a week later they start the Trail of Lights, it runs for about a mile and a half and companies sponser the light displays. December 15th and we decided to pay it a visit

We paid for the car park and advanced tickets, that meant we could access the park before all the crowds.

As expected throughout the walk it is broken up with retailers selling everything from burgers to popcorn and funnel cakes.

Zilker Park Christmas tree

December 1st and it is the Zilker Park Christmas tree lighting in Austin, Jessica is over with us so we all head off to see the event.

Before we go to the park we take Jessica into Austin so she can have a look at the Capital building, which is open to the public.

We arrive at about 5:30 with the lighting scheduled for 7 o'clock, all the normal stalls selling kettle corn and funnel cake, everyone congregates in a large circle with 3000 lights above us.

7 o'clock sharp and the lights are switched on. In a weeks time it is the Trail of lights that will be lit.