You Can Smell Their Pits a Mile Away

We love Texas BBQ! Especially the barbeque at The Salt Lick.  It is about a 30 minute drive out of the city, but their restaurant slogan really is true: you can smell their smoke pits from a mile away.  The restaurant is nestled in the country and we had such a great experience.  We ate turkey, ribs, brisket, and sausage.  Our waiter sat with us for about half an hour telling us all the things we could do in the country and places to see in city.  We walked out of the restaurant smelling like smoked meat, but by far the best bbq ever! 

I don't think we're in Utah anymore...

We recently moved to Texas for Nate's Masters Program. 

One of the first things we did was take a campus tour and shop at the University's Co-Op. 

 

 

Not only did they have every clothing item with the Texas logo, but they had everything else Longhorn style for a home, car, or gift ideas.  Needless to say, there was a lot of orange.  We snapped some pics of our favorite items there. We also bought our game gear including Texas shirts, hats, socks, wrist bands, and of course longhorn face tattoos!

 

 The campus tour was amazing!  Most every building on campus was built in the same style, so everything looks very unified.  We saw some really cool features of campus that we may not have seen otherwise.  Some of the cool features are:

1) Trees - every tree is numbered on campus with a little tag 

(the pic above is a tree dating past the Civil War)

2) Turtle pond - it's attracted over 50 turtles over the years

3) Battle Hall Library - it looks like the main hall at Hogwarts

4) The Statues - particularly the one of George Washington overlooking downtown

5) Student Gym - the pool area speaks for itself!