Today we went from one extreme to the other. I say that because we started the day off by climbing 110 steps to reach the top of Mount Bonnell. It sits atop a hill that is located northwest of downtown Austin.
Once you feel your heart beating hard like its about to jump out of your chest and your calf muscles becoming as hard as the stone steps you are climbing, you reach the top. Its not as bad as the picture makes it seem.
After climbing around the rocks and watching the hawks soar around above us we jumped back in the car and headed into town.
Our destination was the southern bank of the Colorado River and a park called Zilker Park.
It is a trail that follows the river and around every turn it gives you these great shots of the city. The trail was packed with walkers, joggers and bikers because the weather today was perfect. About this time we had walked up a pretty big hill and biked several miles so our stomachs were beginning to let us know that we needed to pay attention to it. On our ride around the city we happened upon this place called Austin VolleyBar & Grill.
This is what we always wanted! A restaurant with sand volleyball courts. There was a league in session but if we waited around they had open courts after they finished. We enjoyed a good healthy lunch and talked to a local player about their tournaments in the area and level of play. It was difficult to get us out of there but we decided to continue down the trail and explore some more. It think it was a good decision because we found Barton Springs.
It is a natural spring that gushes fresh water by the millions of gallons a day. They created this swimming area that fills up with Austonians on hot days. The sides are lined with sloped grassy lawns that is great to lay out on after getting out of the 72 degree water. What a perfect way to end our day. We jumped into this clean water and just let the gentle current take us down. It seems that Austin has several surprises the more we explore it.
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