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Just some of the featured bands: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Willie Nelson, Van Morrison, Los Lobos, John Mayer, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Asleep at the Wheel, Buckwheat Zydeco, Lou Ann Barton, Guy Clark, Beto and the Fairlanes, Terri Hendrix … WOW!

Visit the Austin City Limits Music Festival website to view the schedules and get your tickets and to view the latest updates. There is a custom scheduler you may use so you can plan your weekend. Just create a username and password and you may share your schedule with your friends.

Austin Kiddie Limits at H-E-Buddy Beach - Besides music, there is also yoga, face painting, and more. Just next door you can relax under umbrellas or build a sand castle at the H-E-Buddy Beach.

Three day passes are gone except with Friends of Festival, Hotel or Luxury packages. One day passes available.

RV Parks nearby:

Austin Lovestar RV Park- 5 miles south of downtown on the East side of I-35.

Austin Oak Forest RV Park - We are just 10 minutes from downtown Austin, the University of Texas and the State Capitol.

Campground America Map for this area

Tags: Austin City Limits Music Festival, Tom Petty, Van Morrison, Willie Nelson, Asleep at the Wheel, September 2006

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Please view this video and then take action to stop the sale of public lands to a corporation in Mexico.

Take action on the Black Gap WMA. You can change things!

GLO:

Texas General Land Office
1700 N. Congress Ave.
Suite 935
Austin, Texas 78701-1495
Toll Free: 1-800-998-4GLO (4456)
Direct: 512-463-5001

Land Commissioner:

If you would like to email the Commissioner and want a response in return, it is necessary to include your name and postal address (i.e., 1234 Main Street, Anytown, Anywhere 12345).

mailto:jerry.patterson@glo.state.tx.us

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Governor:

Email Governor Perry directly from this website:

http://www.governor.state.tx.us/contact/#contactinfo

Or call:
Citizen’s Assistance Hotline: (800) 843-5789 [for Texas callers]
Citizen’s Opinion Hotline: (800) 252-9600 [for Texas callers]

Or Fax: (512) 463-1849

Or write:

Office of the Governor
P.O. Box 12428
Austin, Texas 78711-2428

Tags: Black Gap Wildlife Management Area, Texas for Sale, sales of public lands

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It is 99 degrees in Texas today at 6 pm. The Beast, the van we used to pull our travel trailer, does not have a working air conditioner. I have been trying different methods to cool in intereior of the van because it is black and really heats up on the interior. I tried putting a sun protector in the windshield and leaving the windows cracked. Nothing has worked.

I saw the Auto Cool Solar Car Fan on TV and found it on a website for $14.95. This is what I read on the website:

Auto Cool Solar Car Fan is a solar powered ventilation system for your car! Using the power of the sun, it blows hot air out of a parked car to keep it up to 30 degrees cooler than it would normally be. Perfectly for those hot summer afternoons! Compact, it fits in any car window and does not need batteries.

I ordered it and am now waiting for it to be delivered. I sure hope it arrives soon, because it is predicted to be over 100 degrees for the next week! Next week? What am I talking about? It stays summer until October in Texas.

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Pardon me if I borrow from a well known song written and sung by Gary P. Nunn (and many others throughout the years).

You ask me what I like about Texas …

I tell you it’s the wide open spaces!
Its everything between the Sabine and the Rio Grande.
Its the Llano Estacado,
Its the Brazos and the Colorado;
The spirit of the people down here who share this land!

Its another burrito, it’s a cold Lone Star in my hand!
Its a quarter for the jukebox, boys,
Play the Sons of the Mother Lovin’ Bunkhouse Band!

Its the big timber up around Nacogdoches!
Its driving El Camino Real into San Antone;
Its the Riverwalk and Mi Tierra,
Dancing to the Cotton-eyed Joe,
Its stories of the Menger Hotel and the Alamo!
(You remember the Alamo!)

Its another burrito, it’s a cold Lone Star in my hand!
Its a quarter for the jukebox, boys,
Play the Sons of the Mother Lovin’ Bunkhouse Band!

Hey, you ask me what I like about Texas!
Its Bluebonnets and Indian Paintbrushes;
Swimming in the sacred waters of Barton Springs,
Its body surfing the Frio,
Its Saturday night in Del Rio!
Driving across the border for some cultural exchange!

Its another burrito, it’s a cold Lone Star in my hand!
Its a quarter for the jukebox, boys,
Play the Sons of the Mother Lovin’ Bunkhouse Band!

Tags:
What I like About Texas, Gary P. Nunn, Texas, Lone Star

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Please read this excerpt from the article God’s Country: For Sale:

Texans have a special attachment to our land. From the Big Bend to Sabine Pass, we are justly proud — of our mountains and rolling hill country, our winding rivers, our clean lakes, bays, and estuaries. As Texans, we are proud of our public land and protective of the private property we have worked so hard to own.

Why, then, is Rick Perry so keen on selling off our public land to individuals and foreign companies? Rick Perry is so proud of Texas he is selling it.

Recently, Texas Parks & Wildlife warned that budget cutbacks ordered by Perry might require the sale or closure of 18 state parks. Also, Parks & Wildlife transferred 12,000 acres of the Black Gap Wildlife Area in Big Bend to the General Land Office so it can be sold.

Please watch the film and then ask Governor Rick Perry and Jerry Paterson at the General Land Office to preserve Texas. This is just one event in a long line of outrageous actions by our government to sell off our public lands and national parks. Please, do not let them sell our heritage and our public lands. Take action today!

Tags: Texas For Sale, Black Gap Wildlife Management Area, Take Action, stop sale of public lands, God’s Country For Sale

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