@bleak Please don't show an "after" pic.
*hug*
@bleak ...
*wipes face*
Just... no.
But I wouldn't mind getting one of these when I come to California
@bleak They're here, too, from food trucks.
Austin is similar to Bay Area but warmer and not as compact
@bleak Not bad. We have more tall buildings downtown but the area is still so large and spread-out that it doesn't feel too cramped. There is a lot of green-space here.
I live pretty close to where these pics are taken https://mastodon.social/media/GIwm1QfAQFdh-CcCOTY https://mastodon.social/media/sxmYBcA9NAfpi3-fDVk
@bleak That's not the river in the first pic.
That's Barton Springs Pool... a thousand-foot-long spring-fed pool and where I learned to swim as a kid.
The 2nd pic shows the river. It's okay, but the pool and the nearby creeks are better to swim in.
@bleak Yes. It's very clean water and very nice.
I wouldn't drink it much... but it won't hurt you.
There's another pool across the river that isn't as large but is fed from a very deep well, and is also fresh and cold.