Friday 4/12/2013
On our 3rd day in Frederickburg, Texas, we took a drive going north on Hwy. 965. |
It was a nice drive with little traffic that day. |
We climbed to higher elevations for some nice views. |
We were heading to Enchanted Rock which is 18 miles from Fredericksburg. There it is to the left of the road. |
Joe and I like the hill country of Texas. |
The roadsides are in bloom with the Texas state flower- Texas Bluebonnet. |
I really love all the big ranch gates and entrances you see while taking a country drive. |
Can you see the people at the top of Enchanted Rock. |
There are two trails. One that is four miles to the top and one that is 1/2 mile straight up. |
We took the trail straight up, because we didn't think either of us could do the 4 miles. |
Looking up to where we are going, while others are coming down. |
Joe waiting for his wife, while I had to sit down to catch my breath. |
We arrived to the top with us at an elevation of 1825 feet above sea level. |
We walked around at the top, looking from all directions. |
Vernal pools, ( temporary pools of water that provide habitat for distinctive plants and animals). These pools are ecologically threatened depressions of flora and fauna adapted to harsh environments, contain fragile invertebrate fairy shrimp. |
Enchanted Rock is a prominent pink granite dome which is visible for many miles in the surrounding basin. |
Enchanted Rock is known to geologists as a monadnock : an isolated rock hill, knob, ridge, or small mountain that rises abruptly from a gently sloping or virtually level surrounding plain. It is the largest such pink granite monadnock in the United States. |
OK it was time to head back down. |
As we go down a group of very young people run up. Oh to be young again! |
Looking up I could barely see the group of kids we had just pasted. |
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