next week I plan to get back to home project blogging.  but for now we have one more installment of things to do around austin.

I went with my daughter's class on a field trip to natural bridge cavern.  I've never been in anything like this and it was bizarre to be 180 ft under the ground and find these HUGE rooms with shapes that seemed so alien.  that dark silhouette in the bottom is our guide.  you can just make out the brim of his baseball hat.  this should give you and idea of the size.  the tallest of the cave columns is 50 feet!

looks like jelly fish.  this was the largest room.  that big jelly fish looking thing is probably 20 ft tall.

we did not have one single trick or treater despite my amiable pumpkin. 

back in CA, when we started to hatch our plans to move to austin I was greeted by shock and horror by some.  one person kept responding, "but it's TEXAS!?"  I tried to explain the positive but her reply always had the same negative tone, "it's TEXAS?! how could you live there?"  I soon realized that many folks insist on believing texas is a flat dry wasteland.   we don't find that to be the case

inside hamilton pool

the shot below is from top of mt. bonnell