Trip Report Austin day 3: Franklin's BBQ, COTA Karting rematch, Blazer Tag, Taverna

Headed out to Franklin Barbecue in the morning to pick up Barbecue that Ruben pre-ordered. This was the line when we arrived. If you know you're going to be in Austin, I'd recommend doing a pre-order. I believe you can order it a month in advance. Otherwise you're looking at a 3 hr wait.

Pre-orders are to go only and are picked up in the back.


Franklin Barbecue Brisket in all it's glory.


Sausage

Ribs

Smoked Turkey.


My second time having Franklin Barbecue, still amazing.

They also have fully cooked brisket sealed to bring back home.

It was pouring rain in the afternoon. We thought that our Karting reservation would have been cancelled, but they ended up calling Ruben to let him know that it was still on.

So off to COTA Karting for a rematch. This time we did two races.
The first time around the track was extremely wet.
This time I brought my action cam to capture some racing footage. Most of it is of me spinning out at every corner.

Here are the resulting lap times:

1-Philip 80.712
2-Riki 81.958
3-Eden 82.124
4-Reuben 85.144
5-Howie 86.973
6-Brandon 89.165
7-Alex 90.370
8-Jordan 91.032
9-Paul 91.597
10-Jeff 91.789
11-Dave 92.392
12-Kevin 96.419
13-Ben 97.318
14-Olatunde 105.160
15-Matt 107.092

The second time around the track was drying up from all the racers.

Results race #2:

1-Eden 66.386
2-Riki 66.460
3-Howie 66.571
4-Paul 69.346
5-Reuben 70.809
6-Brandon 73.517
7-Philip 79.013
8-Ben 81.664

After we finished karting, there were people doing the Audi Driving Experience at COTA so we went to watch.


We played shuffle board at the lounge. Nobody was there.

We tried doing some Axe throwing at Urban Axes but they were booked out for the entire day. So we went to Blazer Tag.

It doesn't look like much from the outside and I wasn't expecting much, but once we got into the briefing room we realized it was more than that.

This was the map. It was huge, it went as high as 16 feet. Tri-level. We played with a group of 41 people and it could accommodate more than that. Plus there are power ups & land mines through out the arena. To get power ups you had to trade in your kills for power ups. Power up could be rapid fire, lives, ammo, etc..

The whole entire trip Brandon had been getting his butt kicked in all the competitive events, but when it came to Blazer Tag he took 2nd overall, but 1st in our group.
After Blazer Tag headed back to the house to rest up before dinner.

Been having so much barbecue the few days, we decided to change it up and opted for Italian at Taverna


Charred Octopus: fingerling potatoes, chorizo, calabrian olive oil and salsa verde.

Bruschetta

Creme Brulee

Salted Caramel spumoni.

I forgot to take pics of our entrees.

More than have our group was leaving before 8 am the next morning to head home.
That's it for day 3.

Where to next? We're off to the Bahamas. Can't wait.