Sunday, October 21, 2007

Enchanted Rock (part 1)

A few Saturdays ago we decided to go on a little adventure. We headed out to Enchanted Rock State Natural Area for a little hike. It is situated 17 miles Northeast of Fredericksburg, Texas (a favorite place to go, especially for lunch mmmmm.... sandwiches, cookies, brownies)

Anyway, Enchanted Rock has two big exfoliation domes of granite punched up in the Texas Hill Country. So we went for a hike up the larger of the two domes which rises 425 feet above the surrounding landscape.

Above you see the larger of the domes behind us with the smaller dome out of the picture on the left. There is a nice area between the two domes called Echo Canyon. There are a lot of established rock climbing routes in the area. I have a copy of the climbing guide book to the area but I've never been able to go climbing there.

Do you see the little specks of people climbing the dome?

Here were are on top of the larger dome with Echo Canyon and the smaller dome behind us. The climbs are down to the right on large boulders that have detached and fallen off the dome. Also the rear of the main dome is steeper in the back and there are a lot of climbs there too.

This is actually a normal picture of Ella. Normally, she sees the camera and makes a goofy face. But this one is really good.

More in part 2

1 comment:

Unknown said...

We sure miss you. Great family. Great outing. Great views. Ella's pink hat and glasses are stylin'. Love ya.