Visiting Texas - Day 4 (more)

Being out in the snow can be exhausting.                  Kasen slept while...                                                Kirby helped make pink pancakes.

                                               Then the big kids went for a run. Two of them tried the baby jogger but that wasn't going to work. Instead they took the real kids in the jogger.

In the afternoon we took a drive to Hamilton Pool Preserve and hiked the short trail to the pool. The area is now owned by Travis County which, in the 1980's, "implemented an aggressive land management plan to restore Hamilton Pool" after years of unregulated recreational use by the public, grazing, etc.

                 The trail continues around the pool behind those rocks.

           Public access is restricted by use permit from June through September.

                  I can imagine what a popular site this would be in the summer and being only about 20 miles from Austin.

               This is the view looking out over the pool.                    Water drips from the ledge above. 

           Someone didn't read the sign.

                                                                  I remember well that as nice as it is to get out and see beautiful country it's not exactly relaxing when you are keeping track of a toddler.

Water. Rocks. Bushes. Hazards everywhere.

                                                              When we got back to the parking lot they both still had plenty of energy to burn off.

               Back home having dinner.