Author Topic: Enchanted Rock 11-28-09 (Read 1883 times) Tweet Share

RichardM · « **on:** November 28, 2009, 10:20:10 PM »

I finally got my daughter out to Enchanted Rock. My wife Susan, Dad, older brother Brian and his son, Dawson, joined us for a quick half day excursion. It was unbelievably windy, probably well over 60mph up top at times.

Jennifer just took off and left 9 year old Dawson in the dust. He proceded to "take a break" and was last heard whining to Brian about being tired. We pressed on without them.

Did I mention it was windy?

That old Tilley hat loses a bit of style in the wind...

more to follow...

RichardM · « **Reply #1 on:** November 28, 2009, 10:34:04 PM »

Time to go check out the cave.

Well, maybe not down there...

It was a tight squeeze up through this area for Jennifer's out of shape Dad...

Family portrait time.

Be sure and check out how Jennifer's portrait shot of Mom & Dad at the same spot turned out here

Time to find a spot out of the wind for a snack break.

still a few more to follow...

RichardM · « **Reply #2 on:** November 28, 2009, 10:37:15 PM »

Brian and Dawson finally make it up top, so naturally we had to go show them the cave.

Jennifer led the way this time.

Check out the line of cars waiting to get into the park in the background.

We hit the road PDQ for the Dairy Queen in Fredericksburg with only a short delay to buy Jennifer a snow cone. The town was just as overrun with tourists as the park. Even with the crowds and wind, it was a great day.

mule ears · « **Reply #3 on:** November 28, 2009, 10:48:48 PM »

Beautiful shots of ER, it's been a long time since I was out there, the wind made the air really clear!

Al · « **Reply #4 on:** November 28, 2009, 11:18:29 PM »

Richard, what a great family outing! Looks like three generations made it to top? That's special.

Al

dkerr24 · « **Reply #5 on:** November 29, 2009, 12:04:12 AM »

That area reminds me of the backside hike up to Stone Mtn, GA... just about as many people, too.

Railroad King · « **Reply #6 on:** November 29, 2009, 01:15:23 AM »

Nice pictures, I was there about three weeks ago. I knew the cave was on the park map but didn't know it was easily accessible! I'll have to check it out next time.

BigBendHiker · « **Reply #7 on:** November 29, 2009, 08:14:53 AM »

Hey, RichardM!
Thanks for the pics and trip report. E-Rock is always a neat place to go.

BBH

chisos muse · « **Reply #8 on:** November 29, 2009, 09:20:20 AM »

Very nice, Richard!

Nice to see the family got out together. Your dad is such a sweetie...

bjbriggs · « **Reply #9 on:** November 29, 2009, 11:04:13 AM »

Richard, It looked like a nice family outing.....

homerboy2u · « **Reply #10 on:** November 29, 2009, 02:41:33 PM »

Windy,crowded,sored (probably),out of breath yet you still to managed to make it a great family outing....

. Great scouting,by the way,nice lunch.

So that is where you stashed the Tilley hat,

...

RichardM · « **Reply #11 on:** November 29, 2009, 09:27:42 PM »

Pano of the view off the back side.

RichardM · « **Reply #12 on:** July 05, 2011, 05:36:44 PM »

We did another half-day excursion today. Temps were in the high 90's by the time we got off the trail. It didn't help that we didn't get boots on the ground until 11:00. All pics were taken with my crappy cell-phone, as the camera forgot to make the trip to Austin from Houston.