Family loved Austin. Rented bikes and kayaks, ran along river, museums including Museum of the Weird and Art Impressions, putt-putt golf, craft fairs, Raney Street live music, Cave Bee Sculpture Garden, swimming at Barton, watched friends run the marathon and lots more.
Ate well including Iron Works BBQ, Torchy's Tacos, Magnolia, Oasis, Hula Hut, and a Mideastern cafe. Housing space was comfortable and useable, watched sunsets and sunrises from upper deck, used pool and deck for fun and visiting, house main room was ample for evening board and card games.
Regularly amused by hosts rules not to have large noisy parties as the nearby I-35 was continually loud and the inner road used by emergency vehicles often made it impossible for us to hear each other, much less bother others. Family members gathered from five different US states; all accustomed to urban areas, so we were comfortable with the diversity of the neighborhood, other renters should be forewarned.