Not close. East coaster.
Wife was going for work, I went cuz I could. We were in Austin (I know only nominally texas) but hey the home town of both junior brown and bill kirchen these days, among some other notables of twang.
Missions and riverwalk (which I could have skipped) were all we got to as it was just a day trip.
Oh well. Tuck it away for later, maybe. I love Austin for the music & the food, but other than that...only in very small doses. Very small. My favorite part of Texas (besides the coast) is out by Alpine/ Sanderson/ Marfa.
Yeah. The river walk is a tourist trap.
Boy, I would love to get to visit the East Coast’s beaches- Georgia to Maine. (+ sister in Florida & good friend on the coast in NC) That’s the only thing I don’t love about Texas- except for south, it sure takes a long time to get across a state line from here.