Next, we ventured a couple of blocks over to the Driskill Hotel. The Driskill is more of a Austin historical attraction so we were able to roam more freely in there than we were in the Omni...
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| The Anniversary Couple |
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| On The Balcony |
Our next stop was the Baylor Street Art Wall. I had seen it advertised on a local Austin website a few days ago and figured since we had never been there we could incorporate it into our trip downtown...
Most of the time we were there I kept wondering how these people that lived in this (I'm sure very expensive) house right behind the graffiti wall feel about all the riff-raff, drunk college kids, and modern day hippies singing and playing their instruments (not pictured) think of the wall....
On top of the wall there was a great panoramic view of downtown....
I added my own touch of art here in this pic. I thought it was a pretty good shot of our shadows on the graffiti floor.
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Unlike most people I enjoy the artistic influence of graffiti and think it gives a city character and expression. I think as long as it is tasteful it should be allowed within reason. I noticed the other day that someone has already started a strand of graffiti on the new highway robbery toll road...hehehehe, the rebellious side of me had to laugh out loud and silently cheer when I saw that one.
Last stop was the Treaty Oak. A few years ago I came across the story of the Treaty Oak and how someone had attempted to poison and kill this 500+ year old tree and the extreme efforts it took to save it. It's an interesting story. If you don't know about it or interested you can read the whole story here.
Because of the bedrock in this area trees don't really grow UP but more OUT and more bush-like so you can't really see the trunk of the tree because of the lower tree branches. In addition due to it's poisoning in 1989 it lost a third of the original tree....
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| Treaty Oak |
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