Oh wow. May of 1981. Rob, you mention on your site that there was a really bad flood during your trip. That's what Austinites know as the Memorial Day flood. I heard my parents talk about that. It was VERY bad. There were car dealerships in downtown that had brand new cars wash into the nearby creek. Some of them are even still there because they were buried in the creek by the flood. My dad and my brother and I would go "creeking", we'd go down and dig out all the collected metal and junk that washes into the creek. We'd sift through it and find everything from change to gold rings. I remember walking across the roof of one of the cars once that had washed into the creek. It's probably still there as a matter of fact.
And I quite enjoyed your photos of Austin on your site. Awesome!
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