If you’ve ever been to Hamilton Pool, you know that part of the Texas Hill Country is simply beautiful. Right next door to Hamilton Pool, on the Pedernales River, is Westcave Preserve…
Westcave Preserve is an outdoor environmental learning center… but not boring learning. It’s beautiful learning! It’s fun learning!
“People don’t live in Austin to work, they work to live there.”
– Robert Rodriguez
When Robert Rodriguez said that about Austin Texas, he understood very well how much Austinites like to live in Austin. Once in Austin, nobody wants to leave!
So, what makes Austin such a popular and loved place?
Bandera Texas is called The Cowboy Capital of the World… and for a very good reason! It looks like a cowboy town!
Not a fake cowboy town with people wandering the streets wearing cowboy costumes…. No, Bandera Texas is the real deal!
We have known about Hamilton Pool long before we ever went there. When we finally went there, I couldn’t believe that it took us so long to go. It is sheer magic!
It is quite easy to get to Hamilton Pool, and definitely worth the drive.
From Austin, go west on Hwy 71 for about 18 miles. Turn left onto Hamilton Pool Road and drive approximately 13 miles. The entrance is on your right.
This is a Travis County Park, so you’ll have to pay $10 entrance fee per vehicle.
Considering what you get, this is excellent value!
I like the German food and beer of Fredericksburg Texas. My wife loves the shopping that it is so well-known for. Fredericksburg is one of our favorite weekend getaways!
I had heard about Fredericksburg long before my family and I went there for the first time.
For some reason people mentioned Fredericksburg more in conversations than any other town in the area. It was always, “Oh, it’s so cool, you gotta go!”
Then, one day we went… what a pleasant surprise!
Here was this charming town with “old-style” stores lining the main street on both sides. Each of the stores seemed to have their own unique character. The sidewalks on both sides were full of people wandering up and down and in and out of stores.
I was immediately intrigued… and hooked…