Little Super Patriot

This child rode in the fire engine in the Veterans Day Parade. She appears to have a "Super" log on her shirt and was very seriously waving her flag.

Lady Bird Lake Firefighting

We saw smoke on Lady Bird Lake yesterday but couldn't figure out what was on fire. It looked like the lake itself. Turns out there were two separate boat fires at a marina near the Hyatt. Our faithful correspondent Jackie had a good view from her apartment and submitted some great pictures. I chose this one to show the firefighters using the Congress Avenue bridge as a perch to fight the fires.

Old Fire Station

This fire station on Blanco has only one truck these days. The other bay, out of the picture, is used for a fireman's gym.

Emergency Morning

We were already awake this morning (I have a tennis match at 8:30) when all these emergency vehicles converged on the state office building across the way. Tents in foreground are folks setting up for Farmer's Market. I think this probably gave a wake-up call to some Saturday sleepy heads. Seems to have been a false alarm.