If you live in Austin you know all about the Trail of Lights. We have been planning since Thanksgiving to take the kids there because we haven't been since Mia was born. Finally, last night we got to go, but without Daddy because he is suffering from a cold and cough.
So, after almost an hour and a half drive in rush hour traffic from one side of Austin to another, we got an awesome parking place and arrived before they even lit the Zilker Tree or started popping the kettle corn! That gave the kids time to run off some steam from being cooped up in the car for so long. (Car DVD player - you rock!)
We were standing underneath the tree when it lit up, which was very exciting! We got a huge bag of fresh kettle corn and started on our way to the trail - which didn't open until 7pm!! Who knew? I assumed it opened at dusk. So, we only had to wait another 25 MINUTES for it to open.
Fortunately, we had our giant bag of kettle corn so the kids were fine. It finally opened up and we had fun looking at all the lights. We got home a little after 8pm and both kids were in bed and asleep by 8:45. (Only about 2 hours after their bedtime!)
Lesson learned: Since we don't live that close to Zilker Park anymore, we should plan to already be in the area by 3:30 or so on the day we plan to go!!!
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Except that the Trail still wouldn't open till 7:00! Just go to a movie...and the mall...and then out to dinner...and then to the Trail of Lights.
Also I wanted to add that you have to dig through a lot of junk on the Trail of Lights website to find out what hours it is open...you'd think that would be on the main page. But no.
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