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By Valerie Coffey

Austin is the capitol of Texas and its also the capitol of vintage neon. It’s a gas!

I have had a lot of work the past month, so didn’t get to see as much of Austin as I’d like. I’m a science writer and have certain seasons that are busier than others. I rarely left the RV by day the whole month we were in Texas, but I went for a walk at midnight on a Wednesday just outside our quirky-cool RV park, Pecan Grove, on the quirky-cool Barton Springs Road, which is full of restaurants and bars that ooze the weird-in-a-nonconformist-way essence of Austin: neon light, strings of Edison light bulbs, al fresco dining, food trucks, and a happening music scene.

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Posted by RVLuckyOrWhat in Picture Galleries of Our Travels, Working From the Road Tags: art, Austin, Hula Hut, Keep Austin Weird, Lake Austin, Laura Armstrong, neon, Roadhouse Relics, RVLife, Texas, Travel, Turtle On a Rock, US Travel