This post is a little late, but lets go over the weekend.

First I wondered over to Olmos Basin for a little hike. I wanted to see what all the trails are like there.

They seem nice, so it might be a new weekend bike ride spot.

And the flowers there where blooming like crazy.

I then headed to Dignowti Park to check out the push cart derby.

It was super hot outside, but the participants looked to be having a blast.

It really was hot outside, so I left a little early.

Sunday I headed to Solado creek for a nice bike ride. For once I headed off the pavement trail and had a nice ride down the trails.

The wildlife where out in force. I got chased a few times by annoyed deer.

When I got home, I almost stepped on the snake that is the first picture in this post. Two weeks in a row I get close to a snake. No clue what kind this is.

Another fun filled weekend in Austin surrounded by old friends from Texas Tech.

People from the old Days of KTXT, standing around discussing random bits of popculture.

Or just catching up on things since some of us have not hung out in a long time.

The guy with the beard, well that is Josh from The Fat Fingers of Justice. A read I must recommend.

There were food trucks, with mini pork burgers that where very tasty. They also had smoking peppers.

You might wonder why I did not bring my new 60 D on this outing, well it was because of bands like this. This is Off!, and they put on one hell of a show. But with all the moshing, and dust I would not want to risk it; so I left it at home.

I then suddenly remembered that Hipstamatic had a special lens for SXSW, so I started to play with it. This is the band Surfer Blood. They have a pretty good sound, but oddly this band had a bigger mosh pit than OFF!, which makes very little sense to me.

We then saw Big Freedia, which was possibly the best rap show I have ever seen.

We then finished off the evening with some Fried Chicken Waffle Tacos.

I think I am ready for a relaxing weekend next weekend.

I went on a hike today to find a photo for the Animal Antics challenge on Photo Adventure.

So headed to the park and was walking around when I almost stepped on the snake above.

I spoke to one of the people at the park and they said it was a water moccasin, thankfully this guy was not very active because the sun was not out and it was kind of chilly.

But it made me realize why you should wear pants and big boots when you are hiking, even if the place is Hippie Hollow.

You can see the rest of the groups photos here.

And here we come to it, the grand finale in this mismatched weekend of epic adventure.

Saturday morning, Danielle and I headed up into the hill country to go visit some winery’s.

First up, was Sister Creek Vineyards in Sisterdale Texas, which had an awesome selection of very tasty wines.

And this really cool antique phone on the wall.

There wine has won a variety of awards, it is understandable. Every wine they had that we tasted was very appealing. If you are in the mood that is.

We also, went to Comfort Cellars in Comfort Texas, which did not have the same atmosphere as Sister Creek, they also did not really have a winery for us to tour. But they did have the devils drink.

Jalapeno wine, which tastes like boiling hot lava. They then had us sample it with Clamato in it.

I have video, will post later. It is bad.

We then realized we had tasted a lot of wine, but eaten very little. So with our Mouths burning we walked to a little Cafe. I had the boring old Turkey Sandwich, and Danielle had the salad.

This weekend was intense.

I want to have another soon.

Now it is time for Epic Weekend Part 2, SXSW. That picture above is the Tasty Patty Melt, that I had at 24 diner. Danielle and I met our friend Ben.

Ben is a buddy of mine from college who is now a resident of Austin, so it was good seeing him and discussing the glory days of KTXT.

We then headed to the convention center where we ran into the little mascots from Xtranormal.

But then we saw a 4sq check-in from another friend and who else could it be but Allison.

Enjoying the tasty food bits at the Foodspotting trucks. That is where i got this amazing cupcake of doom.

We then headed to the convention proper, and hung out at the Pepsi booth, I spent a lot of time at last years Pepsi Playground meeting people, it was a good place to hang out, and that has not changed.

As a change of pace, this year, the lego’s were dumped on a table. Last year they had Lego sculptures for people to look at, but this year SXSW wanted conference attendees to build things with legos. An excellent decision, because last year the Lego’s didn’t fit in with Screenburn Arcade.

Speaking of, at Screenburn I saw this guy. He claims to be 1/2 the Joker, 1/2 the Riddler and 1/2 Two-Face, but that math does not seem to add up.

After that, we were pretty tired so we decided to make our way back to the cars, that is when i got to sample some Liquid HTML 5. It was ok, but I do not agree with this IE 9 cup, because I only got a half serving.

Tons of mascots this year, I do not remember this many last year.