Featuring Trek, Specialized, a nice guy who answers the phone, and plentiful hours.
Bicycle Sport Shop
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One breathless rider asserts, "It's a total adventure to me, and there's a real sense of community - people always stop to help each other out." Whether on two feet or two wheels, this slice of nature is an inner-city Eden.
Barton Creek Greenbelt
Zilker Park to Lost Creek, 512/974-6700
Twin Falls, and off MoPac, south of Loop 360, north of U.S. 290, 512/974-6700
www.ci.austin.tx.us/parks/greenbelts.htm
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Camping is no longer a bed-roll and a tarp. Here's a place to see how far into the future going back to the woods has come.
REI
9901 Capital of TX Hwy. N., 512/343-5550
601 N. Lamar, 512/482-3357
201 University Oaks, Round Rock, 512/255-1938
www.rei.com
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One breathless rider asserts, "It's a total adventure to me, and there's a real sense of community - people always stop to help each other out." Whether on two feet or two wheels, this slice of nature is an inner-city Eden.
Barton Creek Greenbelt
Zilker Park to Lost Creek, 512/974-6700
Twin Falls, and off MoPac, south of Loop 360, north of U.S. 290, 512/974-6700
www.ci.austin.tx.us/parks/greenbelts.htm
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Good morning, Austin, are you ready to roooock? Tune in, turn on, rock out. But get there early if it's solace you seek.
Enchanted Rock
16710 RR 965
Fredericksburg
830/685-3636
tpwd.state.tx.us/state-parks/enchanted-rock
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Particularly pleasing for the exhibitionist tosser of the non-compact disc - passing cars provide plenty of audience.
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Say, fella, that's a mighty big hole yer fishin' in.
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Politically incorrect, but there's no denying that it's a course on par with the best, even if the Legends went west.
Barton Creek Country Club
8212 Barton Club Dr.
800/336-6158
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Both are cooler, cheaper, and much more entertaining than watching your window unit attempt to heat up a creaky old uninsulated house.
Barton Springs Pool
2131 William Barton Dr.
512/974-6300
austintexas.gov/department/barton-springs-pool
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If you collapse in sweat and frustration as one little fella did recently, it's a much quicker hike to the 19th hole than your average full-sized green.
Peter Pan Mini-Golf
1207 Barton Springs Rd.
512/472-1033
www.peterpanminigolf.com
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Big, beautiful, bountiful, with a real native accent. And where else can your green thumb learn to go organic?
Garden-Ville
4001 Ranch Rd. 620 S, Bee Cave, 512/219-5311
10624 North FM 620, 512/219-5311
250 WL Walden Rd., Georgetown, 512/930-1715
2212 Ranch Rd. 12, San Marcos, 512/754-0060
www.gardenville.com/
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Could it be because this neighborhood park could easily house a couple of neighborhoods? Or is it that on weekends it sometimes seems like everyone in town is there, with room to spare.
Zilker Park
2100 Barton Springs Rd.
512/974-6700
austintexas.gov/zilker
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The first thing you'll need to plant in your garden is your foot; outside of that, this place has just about anything else you need.
Wolfe's Gardenland
8711 Research, 4434 Frontier Dr
512/832-9551
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A good and healthy alternative to the one-night stand - you can grunt, sweat, and writhe with strangers or old partners.
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Love in bloom: this lovely locale won last year, too.
Zilker Botanical Garden
2220 Barton Springs Rd.
512/477-8672
www.zilkergarden.org
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Where else can you skate and shop, all under one roof?
Chaparral Ice
2525 W. Anderson
www.chaparralice.com
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It might take a few degrees of thinking, but soon you'll come full circle, and figure out how they named this fab overlook.
Loop 360
www.txdot.gov
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Someone suggested it's as close to California as Texas gets; we like the way you can divide the number by two.
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Perennial winner and home to 12 fields, Krieg's diamonds are our reader's best friends.
Monroe E. "Lefty" Krieg Softball and Athletic Complex
515 S. Pleasant Valley
512/445-6003
www.ci.austin.tx.us/parks/athletics.htm
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Wanna try before you buy? The Super store has rollerblade and basketball test areas, a batting cage, and (seasonally) a ski hill.
Oshman's Super Sport
Northcross Mall; 2525 W. Anderson
512/459-6541
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David Brendan Hall
Turk Pipkin says Barton Springs eternal, and he's never wrong. For long laps, short wading, or just a cooling splash, the Springs are Austin's wettest treasure.
Barton Springs Pool
2131 William Barton Dr.
512/974-6300
austintexas.gov/department/barton-springs-pool
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Central location, good pro-shop, and you can bonk passing frat-daddies in the head with a well-pla... er... misplaced lob.
Caswell Tennis Center
2312 Shoal Creek Blvd.
512/478-6268
www.lovetennis4caswell.com
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Just remember - they like the plants natural and exposed and the kids discreetly attired (adults too, but we didn't test them...).
Zilker Botanical Garden
2220 Barton Springs Rd.
512/477-8672
www.zilkergarden.org
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Voters refuse to rotate this decision - Aussie's served up the winning court last year, too.
Aussie's Grill & Beachbar
306 Barton Springs Rd.
512/480-0952
www.aussiesbar.com
