I did . But I ' m canadian and I celebrate turkey day in October . <| sep |> For me Oculus is cheaper <| sep |> well ADAC also didn ' t work , but it is now with the correct version installed . <| sep |> Some background I was raised in the Austin area in a small town outside of the city called Jonestown . Nothing much to see there , but I ' ve also lived in Austin and I lived in Taylor for a stint before moving to Corpus a couple weeks ago . Others suggested stopping in West and that ' s a good deal . Great kolaches . As far as Austin goes , I ' d recommend not going too deep into the city , since you ' re driving . Sixth Street is overrated , and can get violent depending on the time you ' re in the city . The horseback cops are assholes . South Congress is nice , but parking is shit and it ' s often overcrowded . I ' d stay up on North Lamar , visit the taco trucks . The bbq in Austin is good , but not good enough for the hassle you ' ll be put through if you ' re driving into the city . Austin is better if you can fly in and get someone else to do the driving for you or if you ' re staying in a godawfully expensive hotel downtown . All the old music venues that made Austin what it is and that all the new Austinites don ' t know about are shut down . Don ' t believe the hype on it being the live music capitol of the world . The city sucks for local musicians nowadays . Lockhart is a good suggestion , but you won ' t pass it if you take the directions to Corpus that I ' m about to give you . Instead , I ' d suggest thisOnce you get on I 35 , go into the north part of Austin , do whatever , eat Mexican food , hang out I ' d suggest going to the Parlor on Guadalupe . That ' s my old haunt and it ' s still a great place for pizza and beer . Once you ' ve done all that , head back up I 35 and take 79 toward Taylor . Stop in Taylor , visit the Texas Brewery and go to Louie Mueller ' s . Don ' t fill up on Louie Mueller ' s , but get something just to say you did the Mueller family is big in central Texas BBQ people who have worked there or others in that family have gone on to start much more Texas Monthly worthy joints in Austin . Right down the street is a place called Taylor Cafe . It ' s run by an old vet and his sons and they have some of the best BBQ , at the best price , you ' ll have in the state . If you ' ve got time , and the inclination , go to a small kolache bakery tucked in Taylor called The Kolache Shoppe . Once you ' re done in Taylor , head down 79 toward Thrall . Take CR 424 from Thrall , to CRFM 112 through Lexington . If you ' re there on a Saturday , stop off at Snow ' s BBQ in Lexington . From Lexington , take 77 down to Victoria , do the loop around Victoria and continue on 77 until you hit 239 . Then take 239 to Tivoli , hop onto Hwy 35 and take that through Rockport , Aransas Pass , Portland and finally end up in Corpus across the bridge . This is a convoluted way from the Austin area to Corpus , but it ' s a prettier and less frustrating drive than getting on I 35 at any point of the day and taking it through San Antonio and then through what feels like an eternity of flat farm fields . The part from 424 to 112 starts off a little boring , but there ' s a nice long stretch on 112 where it ' s nice and picturesque . And then 77 is fairly flat but you ' ll hit a lot of nice downtown areas in small towns . And then through Rockport and Aransas Pass , there ' s lots of local seafood restaurants and Mexican restaurants for your choosing , and you ' re down the road from Port Aransas before you get into Corpus . Port A has a lot of nice beach access and it ' s only half an hour away from Corpus . As far as stuff to do in Corpus , there ' s really not much to do here . It ' s more a city to live in than visit . You can go to the aquarium , USS Lexington and the Selena museum . I was recommended by a coworker to go to Southside Barbacoa for . well . barbacoa . The cities in Texas are diverse except Austin . which is the whitest city in the country , have lots of stuff to do , but are going through a flux at the moment . I ' m a small town kind of person , and feel like Texas ' value is mainly in that . I love San Antonio , though , but I ' m becoming fond of Corpus every day I live here . I absolutely fucking hate Austin , though . Still , the value is in the landscape and the smaller towns . The beaches in Port A are great . There ' s a lot of good food around here , but you have to find it .