A Dream Come True

I finally got to go to the Oasis. If you don't live in Austin, I'll fill you in... The Oasis is a restaurant out on Lake (Pond?) Travis that is famous for being a great viewing spot for sunsets. It opened my sophomore year in college (a long time ago!), and I've wanted to go since then. It was once on a list of places I dreamed of going to. A few years back it burned down - at least part of it burned. And I thought my chances were over, but the owners rebuilt. Last night I got to go!

As promised the food wasn't great, but the view was pretty. It was nice to sit outside and enjoy the fresh air. The sunset wasn't a particularly inspiring one, but it was nice. The company was great! John was with me. Daughter B put a bug in his ear last week about me still wanting to go there. She was planning to go with her swim team for Homecoming, and I mentioned to her that it would be sad if she got there before me. So she took care of it.

Actually, the best part of the experience was the fact that the lake is so low. I don't find Lake Travis to be particularly pretty - it's brown and dirty, and just not my thing. But with the lake down almost to it's river channel, it was interesting to imagine what the area might have looked like 100 years ago before the dam was built. Imagining how the Colorado River meandered through the area was fascinating to me. Where would animals have lived? What about people? What did the lake bottom look like when it was covered with trees and brush? Did the Colorado River narrow like the Pedernales to a trickle in drought times like these? Or was it still a decent size river? I need to go searching for pictures and documentation....I'm curious.