Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Austin, Texas


















The capital city of Texas has skyscrapers, freeways and the University of Texas at Austin with 50,000 students. My husband graduated as a civil engineer here about 32 years ago. It was fun to walk on the huge campus with him and see where he went to college. Much as changed since he was a student here. He's standing by a large live oak tree below. Behind the fountain above is a stadium that holds 98,000 football fans. They are playing their rival Texas A & M Thursday night on TV. Guess what we'll be watching while we visit with Texas relatives after the Thanksgiving feast?

























How strange it is to visit an old high school or college years after graduating to find everything has changed especially yourself. Walking amid young students with their dreams and energies it seems like a long time ago that you were in their shoes worrying about the future-what to do for a career or who to marry. But they will follow in your footsteps and one day their children will be the young ones walking the campuses. Life continues an interesting pattern for us each to learn in our own way and in our own time period.


8 comments:

  1. Going back to your alma mater is not just fun but also a sentimental experience! Imagine? Going to a place where thousand of good and bad memories buried deep in there?

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  2. Even the name of my college has changed. And it was so-o long ago. I'll bet that the football game will be fun.

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  3. I would love to take a stroll down memory lane.

    I know that Austin is one of the prettier cities in Texas...though I've never been there. I have a niece who lives there and she loves it!

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  4. I went to a football game with just my mom and dad at the stadium one year. I really wanted to go to U of T, but we moved so I went to BYU instead.

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  5. Austin is one of my favorite cities, always a fun place to go. I went to college in Denton, Texas which is near Dallas and it's always fun to go back and see how much things have changed! Have a great holiday!

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  6. Oh look.. a place with sunshine and no snow...LOL.. My elementary school is a strip mall. That was hard to see..

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  7. Last time Wayne and I walked across the BYU campus we were amazed at how hard it was to find our way around. Oddly enough, I've been back many times since we left our college apartments. I've walked across campus for Education Week and been to Women's Conference many times, but..it's expanded so much. We couldn't even find the houses we lived in when we met.

    What startled us the most was that the students looked like they're about 14.

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  8. I especially love that tree shot, Lin! Texas is amazing, and you found some real beauty!

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