Either way, deviled eggs never tasted better. With its lovely views, gentle curves, and variety of slopes, it'd make a perfect bike route out into the Hill Country and probably bring us international attention for such progressive thinking. It's a win-win option, if you ask us. After we've crossed back over the Congress Avenue bridge, we park by one of the hotels and sit on the hillside to wait for the bats. There's a small crowd.
Kids hold balloons.
Some people wander over from out of town, even from as far as Holland, and ask what we're doing. By the time the long thread of bats unwinds itself above the Statesman building, we've given out directions to three different restaurants and the smallest children are having sweet dreams. The Hike and Bike Trail may be more trendy and popular, but there are few better ways to cap a long day at work than a dip in the magical waters of Barton Springs Pool. Whether you want to float, wade, dive, swim serious laps, or just bask in the setting sun, Barton Springs in the early evening is as heavenly as this city gets. If you're more concerned with the actual exercising than what to wear as you do it, head east.