2016 Summer Vacation Part 6 - Blanco State Park Continued

So this is a continuation of our stay at Blanco State Park.  As I stated previously this was our central hub for visiting Austin, San Antonio and Fredricksburg.

Blanco Part 4 - Enchanted Rock and Fredricksburg

So on Tuesday we headed out to Enchanted Rock State Park.  We took the Summit trail and survived!!  It was about a 1/2 mile trail that went basically straight up!  It burned your calves going up and hurt your knees coming down!  Aaron one the prize for best hiker for this trail!

After the climb we walked around Fredricksburg.  We even found another hamburger place that had gluten free buns!!

We then went and toured the Wildseed Farms.  The flowers weren't quite as colorful as they were during a trip Daniel and I took this spring - but it was still a very pretty area.  And we got to see some Monarchs - they were on their way back to Canada!

Blanco Part 5- San Antonio

So when we set out for our vacation we had about decided to not do the Alamo on this trip.  We haven't done Texas history in school yet so we figured that the kids wouldn't get much out of it.  But we had an AWESOME guide for our Capital tour and she was explaining two paintings that are in the Texas Senate room - 'The Battle of the Alamo' and 'The Battle At San Jacinto'.  The boys were FASCINATED with this and kept asking questions.  So we asked them if they would like to to go see the Alamo and they very enthusiastically said yes!  So we went and first saw 'Alamo: The Price of Freedom' at the IMAX and then went and toured the Alamo and they loved it!!

We also walked the riverwalk for a bit and toured the fire museum there in San Antonio as well.  It was a great day!

Ok - we have one more day of fun for our vacation - but there were so many pictures from that day that I am going to do put it in one last blog post so stay tuned!

Until next time,

Kellie

2016 Summer Vacation Part 5 - Blanco State Park

Our last spot to stop at on our vacation was Blanco State Park.  We spent 5 nights at this park (June 5-10, 2016) and chose this park because it was a good central location for touring Austin, San Antonio and Fredricksburg!  I will share pictures as I narrate our stay in this area.

Part 1  - BLANCO

I will admit that this was not my favorite park to stay at.  It was a small park right on the Blanco River.  it was easy access to the river so it was a popular hang out and swimming hole for locals.  The river was really the only attraction at the park.  The kids loved the little swimming area that was created on the river though and it served as a good end to our busy days out and about!

Here are the pictures we got from the park - most were of the kids swimming.

 Part 2 - Austin

So on Monday we headed to Austin to tour the Capital and Visitor Center.  Seth says this was this was his favorite day of the whole trip!  He was fascinated!!

 These are the original desks from when they first built the building - they are still being used today.  They traded out the ink wells for microphone stands.

These chandeliers were the first piece of electricity added to the building.  Each cluster of lights is in the shape of each letter of the word Texas.

Part 3 - Pedernales Falls State Park

On our way home from Austin we stopped at Pedernales Falls State Park.  We will definitely be back to stay and spend some more time at this park!

On my last post I will highlight our trip to San Antonio, Fredricksburg and LBJ Ranch and State Park!

Until next time,
Kellie