Camping at The Rock --- Pictures Here
Welp, back to back eventful sweet weekends! Chuck and Dubya and I trooped a few hours west of the ATX for a camping trip in the great outdoors. I got to try out my new tent (which is so money by the way), and spent much of our time scrambling about the awesome rocks around the Enchanted Rock Natural Area. We showed up there Saturday afternoon after a quick stop into the Fredricksburg Brewery to sample our favorite local microbrew. Upon arriving, we met up with the other people we were camping with--several other working at NI. These guys were prepared man, had full grills for the campfire and tons and tons of meat for the campfire. The fajitas were Deeeelicious.
The first hike we went on (off the trail, of course) went straight up the side of one of the smaller nearby rock areas--and did some sweet scrambling there. We crossed over the rock and walked on a flat, moonlike surface that reached up into the horizon. Crossed over that and down, then climbed the main rock; took in the view, and back down the other side. Got some sweet pictures due to Chuck eating his magic cookie, and Scott playin spiderman on some sweet climbs. After repeating another couple times on different hills, we returned back ready for sweet sweet cheap beer.
I pussed out, and was the first to hit the tent. I missed out on the fellas in my camp finishing off a giant 40 oz whiskey bottle, having a run in with the park ranger and nearly getting us kick off the campsite. But luckily i slept soundly and missed all the details. The next morning after graciously accepting some breakfast fajitas, I finished off my latest book (Siddhartha, borrowed from Ames) and packed up the campsite. We took another hike, this time in search of caves and better climbing opportunities. Caves we found, dropping down 20-30 feet into these akward holes between rocks. It was good fun, except Paul took a cut under the eye from some rock that crumbled from Chuck climbing in front of him. Nothing wrong with a few battle scars though. We climbed up the difficult side of Enchanted Rock and then found the main cave we had heard about--but were a few flashlights short to go down the 1/8 of a mile into the Abyss. Next time though, we're hittin that up for sure.
Other than that, we had some most satisfying grub ("Fredricksburgers") back at the brewery and a few glasses of our favorite beers (Honey Cream Ale was the popular choice). Chuck drove us home and that as they say, was that.}
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