By Clint Younts
Although Hays County sits just below Travis with the city of the weird in its epicenter, the two Texas counties are vastly different. Oh sure, we have our share of wackadoodles down here in Hays County, but in Austin, they’re as abundant as buzzards on a squished armadillo. Those demented denizens to the north will hold a festival to celebrate just about anything. Back in June, they held the 7th Annual Zilker Park Bug Festival. Down in Hays County, we have bug festivals every time we decide to grill some steaks after sunset. The main difference in the two events is we slap and spray to kill to pesky critters, while up north, those odd birds are eating the bugs. Gag a maggot!
OK, you’re thinking that it’s just an annual event where a mess of wacky-tobacky smokin’ yuppies gather for a day of fun in the sun and cockroach consumption, return home and regurgitate creepy crawlers all night, and then it’s back to eating normal food like tofu and bean sprouts. But no! You can venture up to the Land of the Weird and purchase such tasty treats like tacos, muffins and cookies made with, of all things, crickets. What the heck is going on up there? Is there a shortage of blueberries and chocolate chips?
