Baum's Away: Sunday

This was our second trip to Lockhart. The first time we went we left late Sunday afternoon with a group of friends, when we arrived the only BBQ joint open was Black's. Now don’t get me wrong it was good. But it was no Smitty’s. This place is heralded as the best of the best. There is no sauce, there are no sides, and there is no silverware! No. We’re talking smoked meat, on butcher block paper, and a few napkins. After you walk up past the burning fire on the ground and order, you step in to a 1924 deli and pick up a few fixin’s. The tables are long and full. The meat falls off the bones in to your mouth and as you close your eyes you think, "wow, I didn’t know heaven was in Texas."

As we were leaving I got the pleasure to meet the owner he gave us a little tour and told us the history. Next time your in town…we’ll take you down to Smitty’s.

After we had seconds, we went over to the Lockhart City Hall for some pictures (I figure I have some taken with my old camera but this new one’s a ‘bute, so here are a few more.)

And this trip we made it in time to tour the Lockhart Jail (now History Museum). Bet this was a pretty scary place to spend the night a long time ago…

After a full afternoon we went down to the Austin American Statesman Bat Observatory Park. Here is Town Lake and the Skyline.

From March to November this is the home to 2.5 million bats!