Enchanted

Today, we covered a lot of miles and appreciated the Texas hill country, even without any bluebonnets.  

We went down to Ingram and saw Doug's house - it was incredible.  He has repurposed many items from his old wood floor, barn tin ceiling and water tank bed room door.  It gave the house this really homey and completely custom feel - totally cool.

The we headed off to Enchanted Rock.  It was a perfect day with blue skies, 80 degrees and a bit of a breeze that we would need a bit later.  I've never been to Enchanted Rock, so I had no idea what to expect...it is a giant round mound of granite in the middle of the limestone hill country.

Me, Dad and Doug headed for the top.  Mom decided to skip it and good thing as it was harder than it looked.

After a few breaks, some sweating and whining (dad), we arrived on the top and were treated to the most incredible views.  There were quite a few people up there with us, which seemed strange on a Monday - shouldn't they be at work?

Going down was  bit harder than going up because it seemed fairly vertical when looking down.  There were many discussions about rolling to the bottom, but I am pleased to say that there was no rolling, and we all arrived safely back at the beginning.

Good thing too, because by this time, I was starving. After a few false starts, we made it to this cafe in the middle of nowhere that has one of the top 3 burgers in Texas - really they did.