Bat You'll Never Guess What We Did

A couple of nights ago, Eric and Peanut and I met some of his classmates to watch the bats.  We were trying to have a fun family outing but Payaya said she ain't got time for bats so she stayed home and napped in the closet instead. Eric asked me earlier in the day if I wanted to go see the bats and for half the day I had to keep reminding myself that he wasn't talking about going to a baseball game since in Louisville, the team is called the Riverbats. 

No, he was talking about real, live bats. Thousands of them. They live under the Congress Avenue Bridge and according to Wikipedia, there are more bats under that bridge than people living in Austin. In fact, it is the largest urban colony of bats in the world. In the summer, the all the bats leave the bridge at dusk to search for food. So there are thousands of bats flying off into the evening sky and it is quite a spectacular sight. It's amazing how it seems that nothing is happening and then, all of a sudden, they all leave at the same time. You can watch the stream of black wings going on for miles and the moon sat just above them in the sky for a picturesque experience. 

Afterwards, we went to Amy's for a special ice cream treat. We both got Sundays with some unique toppings and the server was generous and friendly. I made a kind of s'mores Sunday with Mexican Vanilla ice cream, graham cracker crumbles and marshmallows mixed in and hot fudge on top. I've been trying not to go overboard with the sweets but I think that was my big indulgence for the week, maybe month. And it was totally worth it!