Friday afternoon I realized that we had no concrete reason to keep us from the camping trip we had been discussing for months so after calling Mike and getting the go ahead, I chose a camp spot, made reservations, and pulled all the stuff together. We decided on
McKinney Falls State Park in Austin. I wanted water for swimming, trees, some change in elevation, and far
enough west away to get rid of some of the humidity. McKinney Falls is just under 2 hours away - if you take the right way.
It took us more like three hours on the way there because google maps gave us the craziest directions. And much to Michael's dismay I didn't look over the suggestions carefully enough to see if it truly was the fastest way. We got there at night - bad idea for camping. Everything seems scarier at night - so the spiders that were all over the place were terrifying! Luckily I rented a cabin because I knew getting there past dinner time woud be terrible if we had to set up a tent too. The cabin
was cheap, slept 8, and was clean and fun. It had a sink, fan, and lights. The next morning after breakfast we found the swimming desitanation - McKinney Falls - and it FAR exceeded our expectations. The water felt amazing - the rocks for jumping were perfect and it was just clear enough -which is hard to come by down here in Texas.
The interior of the cabin:
The outside:
The bunk room:
Me looking like a BEAST jumping off - it was soo fun we just couldn't stop.
Weston jumping...
Mike jumping - not as close a photo as the others...
Weston & the boys sitting around the campfire:
