Around Austin-Saturday July 18th 2026 0900. A briming Lake Travis officially at 681 feet or 100% full is a sight to behold. Also in the view is the Comanche Canyon Ranch area in the right foreground on an Eastern shore of Lake Travis. Further in the background is the Comanche Trail area. See more images below. Around Austin-Saturday July 18th 2026 0900. A briming Lake Travis officially at 681 feet or 100% full is a sight to behold. Also in the view is the Comanche Canyo

Around Austin-Saturday July 18th 2026 0830-The Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) opened a flood gate at Mansfield Dam this morning. The release of water due to rising Lake Travis levels is the first since May 10th 2019. Another gate reportedly will be open at 1300 today. See more images below.

Around Austin-Mansfield Dam Saturday July 18th 2026 0830-Families experience the rare flow through a floodgate. See more images below. "Watching the river flow" Even the family pupper.

Around Austin-Lake Austin views. View of the safety line just before the Tom Miller Dam. See more images below. Wednesday July 8th 2026. Scenic lookout from the LCRA building at 3701 Lake Austin Boulevard. More views below. View of homes in the Stratford Neighborhood.

Around Austin-Reflections on the Fairmont revealed by the rebuilding of the Austin Convention Center. June 7th 2026. Jenga building from the Butterfly Bridge on West Second Street. Rest of images June 6th 2026. Jenga building from the Butterfly Bridge on West Second Street. Close up of the Google Sail Building. Austin Central Library situated along West Cesar Chavez, West Second Street, West Avenue and Shoal Creek. The building recently names one of "Time Magazine's '25 Bu

Around Austin-Zoox Robotaxi is a "autonomous robotaxi designed for ride-hailing with a bidirectional design, meaning it has no conventional front or back...built for autonomy and lacks a steering wheel or pedals for human operators. It operates using a suite of sensors, cameras and AI.." It is now "driving in popular ride-hailing neighborhoods like West and East Sixth, downtown, East Cesar Chavez, Riverside, and the Rainey Street district...To start, rides will be availabl

Around Austin-Classic Car-1962 Austin Healey spotted at Barton Creek Golf Club. According to Google "The 1962 3000 MK II is a celebrated British roadster, prized for its classic design and spirited performance. The BN7 (2 Seater): The final true open-roadster two-seater: extremely rare (only about 355 built from 1962-1963)." May 12th 2026. See other profiles below.

Around Asheville North Carolina-Monday May 4th 2026. RM2244.COM traveled the inspiring backroads of Asheville and up the paver-base-rock Witch Hazel Way to Hughes Guitars, https://www.hughesguitarsandrepair.com Originally, we planned our trek for 2025 but the September 27, 2024 hurricane Helene flooded the French Broad River and created tree falls up in the mountains damaging the Hughes shop as well. So, it was great finally meeting up with Randy and his son Will. Through

Around Austin-Commercial Real Estate-Industrial Parks-According to the "Austin Business Journal" [February 27-March 5 2026, pp15] the Austin Metro Area has 21 large industrial parks. Leading the pack is Tech Ridge with 1.9 MMSQFT, followed by Kyle 35 Logistics Park 1.5, Innovation Business Park 1.4, NorthPark 35 1.3, 130 Crossing 1.2, Rutland Business Park 1.0, Buda Conference Center 0.97, Expo Business Park 0.96, Springbrook Corporate Center 0.95, Plum Creek Logistics Cente

Around Austin-MOTOGP at the CIRCUIT of the AMERICAS (COTA) Friday morning March 27th 2026. #10 Luca Marini (Honda) leans through turn 15. MOTOGP event culminates with Sunday's race. See https://www.motogp.com for detail on MOTOGP. See https://www.circuitoftheamericas.com for detail on COTA. See more snapshots below. #73 Alex Marquez in turn 15. #36 Joan Mir (Honda) in turn 15. #33 Brad Binder (Red Bull) out of turn 15. #89 Jorge Martin (Red Bull) gets air out of turn

Around Austin-MOTOGP Free Practice Friday March 27th 2026 at the CIRCUIT of the AMERICAS (COTA). Above Raul Fernandez coming through Turn 15. The all time lap record is 2'00.864 (164.2 km/h) during qualifying by Maverick Vinales (2024) and best race lap time is 2'02.221 by Marc Marquez (2025). Vinales also holds the top speed record of 221.5 MPH (2023). COTA for MOTOGP is 3.426 miles/lap, the main MOTOGP race length is 19 laps 65.094 miles. (Source Google AI). Leaning mo

Around Austin-MOTOGP at COTA. Tunnel to the track. Friday morning March 27th 2026. See more below. CIP Green Power Team Moto3 returns to the paddock from free practice. #11 Adrian Cruces. Public entrance to the paddock. View of the team paddock (foreground), public paddock AKA COTA Club and VIP Village (middleground) and the paddock building (background). Ongetta paddock. A view of the straightaway.

Around Austin-Eastern side of The One World Theatre building located at Eastbound RM2244 at Weston Lane. Survey crews have been active recently on the property and near Eastbound RM2244.

Around Austin-A view of the Austin Convention Center Construction Site from The Fairmont Saturday March 14th 2026. Foreground Red River Street, clockwise East Cesar Chavez, Trinity Street and East 4th Street are the boundary streets of the Austin Convention Center. Leonardo da Costa, Principal at LMN notes "This expansion will provide more space, more events, and more ways for the community to connect, infused with everything that makes Austin so special and unique. The ve

Around Austin-The view east from the Wishbone Bridge. The view is just beyond the gates of the Longhorn Dam in East Austin below North Pleasant Valley Road. According to The Trail Conservancy "The Wishbone Bridge, a bicycle and pedestrian bridge ... completes the Butler Trail's 10 mile loop." The bridge connects the Southside to the Northside of Town Lake just yards west of the Longhorn Dam in East Austin. Image Monday February 9th 2026.

Around Austin-Austin Business Journals "Largest Austin-Area Employers" from ABJ October 17-23, 2025, ppA16. Images are RM2244.COM archives of the new in 2024 HEB located at Texas 290 and Nutty Brown Road [May 16, 2024]. #1 Employer in the Austin Area is HEB, 27,271 local employees, followed by Tesla 21,191, Dell 13,000, St. David's Healthcare 12,639, Ascension Texas 12,635, Amazon 11,000, Apple 10,000, Baylor Scott & White 6,000, IBM 6,000, Samsung 4,500, AMD 4,400, Applie

Around Austin-Home on Mount Bonnell, Friday December 19th 2025. Around Austin-Home on Mount Bonnell, Friday December 19th 2025. Around Austin-Home on Mount Bonnell, Friday December 19th 2025. Around Austin-Home on Austin Country Club, Thursday afternoon December 18th 2025.

Around Austin-Celluar transmitted ultrasonic water meters, Master Meters https://mastermeter.com , are being installed in neighborhoods around Austin. The meter has no moving parts as the battery needed is charged automatically by the flow of water. See below for more detail on the system installed in a Rob Roy on the Lake neighborhood Monday October 27rh 2025. Two meters for two homes in this installation. See below for how the data is fed to the internet. Using a custom

Around Austin-F1 at COTA. COTA track showing the back straightaway where F1 cars hit speeds up to 214 MPH and then slow into turn 12 [at the star], then 13, then 14 [upper center], then 15 [lower center-nearest with track workers] and lastly 16 going away under the Pirelli pedestrian overpass. The drivers accelerate out of 15 then navigate turns 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20 before hitting the front straight away. The track has 20 turns is 3.426 miles with a F1 record time of 1:3

Around Austin-COTA Formula 1, Turn 15. Accomodations on Turn 15 offer views of the back straight, turn 12-16, locations where passing can occur. Image above Red Bull Racing. Friday practice October 17th 2025. See many car images below. #81 Oscar Piastri McLaren #87 Oliver Bearman, Haas #5 Gabriel Bortoleto, Kick Sauber #16 Charles Leclerc, Ferrari and #14 Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin #81 Oscar Piastri McLaren #55 Carlos Sainz, Williams #44 Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari #6I Isa