Monday, September 06, 2010

Hill Country Holiday

This Labor Day we decided to rent a house in the Texas Hill Country near the Blanco River and the town of Wimberley. It was only a 2 1/2 hour drive from Houston but felt like a world away.

We drove from Houston on Friday after school, had dinner at a local tex-mex place, and took in our surrondings.
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Our 'river house'

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Wesley and 'Tex' in the 'swimming pool'

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Sunset on our first night

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Sunset from the pool/grill pavillion

On day 2, we decided to visit Blue Hole, a swimming spot on Cypress Creek in Wimberley. We had breakfast at the river house, then headed out for an early swim.
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PJs on the front porch

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Wesley floating

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Beautiful cypress

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Wesley after jumping from the rope swing

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Snacks and warming in the sun after a chilly swim

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Wesley listening to tunes at Inoz - our lunch spot - after our swim

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Clapping along

Sunday morning we had breakfast in town, then headed out on some adventures...
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At the top of 'Prayer Mountain' after hiking 200+ steps

After the hike we decided to visit Canyon Lake...
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At the lake

On the way home, we stopped for sno-balls and ran into some fellow Houstonians and LSU fans!
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Sno-balls!

The Blanco River was less than five minutes' walk from our house. The water was cool and calm. We visited both Saturday and Sunday afternoon and Monday morning before we left.
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Great weekend, with tired boys and tired parents!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Looks heavenly!
Grandmama

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