Check out these fun places to go!

-Walk through lovely landscaping at Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center

-Get into hands-on science at the Thinkery or see rehabilitated wildlife up-close at the Nature and Science Center (great for kids)

-Visit the Japanese garden and the fairy houses at shady Zilker Botanical Garden

-Paddle kayaks or canoes at Ladybird Lake

-Watch clouds of bats fly out at dusk from the Statesman’s Bat Observation Center

-View sculptures and tour a historic Austin home at the Elisabet Ney Museum

-Buy delicious jams, baby chicks, or bags made from bull's testicles (and much more) at Callahan's General Store