Today, we are visiting the petting zoo at Lakeway City Hall. We will also see a new method of grass and weed control employed by the City using goats. Corner Restaurant of Austin is catered for us, and Julie Felix is our entertainment.
Menu
Avocado Toast – cilantro, rustic bread, spicy seeds
Cinnamon Sugar French Toast Fritters – caramel apple, whipped cream, candied pepitas
Smoked Salmon Toast – caper whipped cream cheese, pickled onion, arugula, rustic bread
Greek Yogurt Parfait – grapefruit curd, almond granola, vanilla bean, fresh berries
Steel Cut Oats– almonds, dried fruit, caramel apple
All American – scrambled eggs, crispy breakfast potatoes, bacon or pork sausage, sourdough toast
Chipotle Pork Chilaquiles – ranchero sauce, chunky pico de gallo, over easy egg, cotija, tortilla chip
Thick-Cut Bacon & Eggs Benny – oven-roasted tomato, grilled asparagus, classic hollandaise
Rise N Shine Burrito – scrambled eggs, chorizo, bacon, tomato, salsa, queso, crispy potato
Prime Steak And Eggs – flat iron, chimichurri, pickled onion, crispy potatoes, over easy egg
Chorizo & Egg Taco – egg, chorizo, bacon, pepper jack cheese, guacamole, pico de gallo
Egg White Omelet – spinach, mushroom, sun-dried tomato, feta, salsa roja, crispy breakfast potatoes, sourdough.
There’s the bus. Let’s go. You might have to double up on the seats.
There’s the sign. We are close.
A livestock trailer means we are really close now.
Goats and sheep.
Pigmy goats to the right
A pony and a donkey.
Four baby pigs.
The children are arriving.
Refreshment tents.
Games and ice-cold drinks.
Tables for relaxing.
Craigo’s pizza.
Shave ice.
The event is sponsored by the Lakeway Parks and Recreation. Behind the table, you can see a fence that will keep the soon-to-be-released goats busy in the underbrush and not tempted to wander off.
Take a closer look at the fencing put up to contain the goats. Yes, the goats are rented, and the fence is electric. The goats know all about it and avoid it.
The goats just released into the underbrush.
Here is a photo released by the City, giving you a clear view of the goats at work.
That concludes our tour. It is now time to relax with the food and enjoy the music. I hope you have a super week.
Fiction Favorites 
I wonder if we will see goat grass management over here in UK?
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It is becoming very popular here. It is a cost effective way to handle underbrush management in greenbelt areas without a heavy carbon expenditure.
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Somehow, I can’t see it catching on over here, John. Farmers are having trouble hanging on to their sheep over here…
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Why is that? Stealing?
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we call it rustling over here, and I believe that it originated in the US…
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Well the term certainly did.
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Those goats have an important job to do. Such a great idea.
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It seems to be a great way to help everyone. The trees, the air, and the goats.
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I always love an animal post, John!
I’m usually a steak and eggs type person, but today, I’ll try the avocado toast, please.
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I had that yesterday for lunch. (I made it myself) Good choice.
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That’s sure a nice event for kids or grandkids, John. Parents or grandparents would sure enjoy having the young ones entertained, even be entertained themselves.
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I thiink the whole family would enjoy it. I did see some grandparents there. Thanks, Tim
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Wonderful event, John! Your piglets look a lot sweeter than Arizona’s javelina piglets. I’d like to pet yours, while I run from ours. Enjoy the day. 🌞
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We have Javelina’s in Texas as well. They are nothing to fool with for sure. Thanks, Gwen.
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Cool event. I’m surprised they let people pet pigs. Those tend to be a no since they can bite fingers off. Maybe just the adults though.
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The babies aren’t as obsessed with food yet.
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One All American breakfast and a side of steel oats, please. Another spirited community activity in Lakeway. Very impressive. I recently read elsewhere that a town either was using or considering the use of sheep/goats to ‘cut’ the town lawns. Certainly would be quieter.
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And better for the environment. Thanks, Steve.
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You always have such interesting events happening in your area, John. Love the goats being put to use doing something that please THEM, too! And that pony is so adorable, it makes me wish I had one, too!
Thanks for sharing, and hope your day is going great!
😊❤️😊
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It is going well, Marcia. I hope yours is doing the same. I’m glad you enjoyed the post. The goats were very happy.
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Wow, John! You really have a well-organized city. Events like this are great, and with all the different offers fantastic to promote the community. Please enjoy a nice rest of the weekend! xx Michael
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Thank you, Michael. I hope you enjoy what is left of the day too. 😁
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What a fantastic place for the children, and I do want to ride that bus! The goats are great for getting rid of long grass and shrubs – they eat anything! Better than a lawn mower or a scythe!
I would enjoy that omelet!
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I think the goat idea was a good one. They took to cleaning that brush like it was a gourmet meal.
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Once again, your town has give the residents something wonderful to experience. Using goats to mow is such a wonderful movement. We have a few places in Montreal where they do that, too. Wonderful!
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It really makes sense. What is interesting too is goats love poison ivy and it doesn’t bother them.
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That’s doubly brilliant!
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It is.
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I love the song!! I hadn’t heard it before. It reminded me of Woodie Guthrie’s “Riding in the Car.”
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It is a fun one. I like Woodies too.
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How wonderful! Kiddos love getting to touch and feed the animals. Love the song. 🙂
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It was a nice event for sure.
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Nature’s lawn-mowers and brush-removers, John. How fun to make an event out of the experiment. I still enjoy petting zoos at my age. 🙂 Thanks for taking me along.
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Always good to have you along, Diana.
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What a great idea, using goats as grass mowers! I’ve often thought about it, of course, but I suspect my city neighbors might frown on the practice (and I imagine the Monk would be beside himself unless I let him out to herd the goats!) Petting zoos like this remind me of county fairs here — I trust somebody got those critters back indoors (or at least under some fans) before they wilted, though!
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Yeah they had plenty of helpers keeping them cool.
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A fun-for-all!
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Yes indeed.
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That sounds like a great little event, John. I’ve read about places using goats to clear ground and brush. They do a good job.
I’ll go with the All American. The sourdough toast did it.
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They do a lot of this around here. We have goats right in town along the main drag today. They’re clearing a ditch bank.
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They do a great job.
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Squeals…we love goats! They’re adorably cute and they are also very hard workers. That was a great petting zoo, John!
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Thanks Monika. In my younger years I had a hobby farm and had Nubian goats. They were the cutest.
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Oh yes, they are such characters and those ears…too cute!
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That is a great petting zoo. Our daughter loved petting zoos when she was little. The breakfast looks great too. You have a lot of fun outings in Lakeway.
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Thank you, Thomas.
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I love goats! They are so fun to watch. Looks like the event has all things covered 🙂
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It was great, Barbara.
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I do love the V-dub bus, but it sure is crowded in here! Standing room only! AIR … I need air! Okay, I must have an order of the Cinnamon Sugar French Toast Fritters … yeah, I know … an extra dose of insulin, but every now and then …
Ahhhh … such adorable animals. Thanks for the thoroughly enjoyable Sunday morn, John!!!
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I’m glad you enjoyed the tour, Jill. Yes the bus was a little crowded. The other one was in the shop so we had to make due. Those fritters are to die for (protect yourself) 😁
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I wondered … I was hoping the old bus hadn’t finally bitten the dust! This one was cute, though! I can still taste those fritters … gonna have to get their recipe! Have a great week, John!
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I’m having a sauna installed in the bus so it was out of commission for a while.
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Oooohhhh … a sauna on the bus! That should be fun!
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Goes with the plunge pool.
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The animals are adorable! I remember taking the boys to petting zoos when they were little. And I can’t decide between pizza or avocado toast – maybe I’ll just have both.
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I think both is the way to go. Thanks, Teri.
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That looks like a fun event for kids big and small! Hopefully the goats cleared some brush too. 😊
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They took a day to clear out the area we saw. Amazing.
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Love avocado toast!
It is important for children to touch animals.
🐷🫶 🐹🫶 🐮🫶 🐰🫶
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Yes it is. It teaches them to be kind. I 🫶 your emoji line up. 🐖 🐖 🐖
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Yes, and thank you!
🐖 OX 🐖 OX 🐖
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🐂 🐖 OX 🐖 OX 🐖 🐖
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Oh man! Hmmm?
I do believe it’s OX mate for you.
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OX mate. I love it. 🏆
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We are playing a unique game of our own making! 🏆
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I wonder what the name of the game would be? Emoji Enigmas maybe.
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Maybe… Sounds good.
Semaphore Emojis (Emojiphores)
Emoji Mysteries
Emoji Jeopardy
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I like Emojiphores
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Emojiphores it is!
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Yay.
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What fun! I love animals. And using goats to graze is brilliant. How fun that we both had an old VW bus in our posts!
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I saw your VW and thought how funny that we both did that. Great minds think alike. (Sadly fools seldom differ either)
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Heh. Too true, John. 🙂
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😁
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Delightful! The baby pigs are adorable. I read that goats help by eating away the brush in the National Cemetary.
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That would not surprise me at all.
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🙂
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Simon and Garfunkel’s “At the Zoo” is another great zoo song.
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I thought of that one but there doesn’t seem to be a live version. I try to have live versions on my Views posts.
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No live version, that’s surprising.
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That is what I thought.
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🤔
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Looks like it was a good time had by two and four legged friends. And is that a life-sized Connect Four game?
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It does look that way. 😁
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Interesting idea, dear John! We are returning to nature!🍻🍤🍤🍤
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I think so too. Thanks, Maria. 🥂🍰
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