Austin Family Vacation - Day 4

That's a picture of downtown Austin taken from Zilker Park.  It's a huge, beautiful park in the center of Austin.  We had originally planned to partake in some fun water sports on the river while Zach and Lorna were working, but seeing as though it was at flood stage due to several weeks of heavy rain preceding our trip, everything on the water was shut down. 

So we explored this giant park instead.  The boys have never met a rock they didn't want to climb. 

Additionally, there was no shortage of dogs at the park, and the boys have also never met a dog they didn't want to pet and imagine owning, themselves.

At the center of the park was an outcropping of rocks that were especially fun for the boys to climb on and explore...

...and Brent got a special kick out of me crawling along the narrow ledge from one side to the other trying to meet the boys that had already traversed this safe spot.

Once I finally arrived, Brent also got a kick out of my high hat and attempt at nice posture in a rock crevice with Gavin.  After we pulled everyone off of this rock area, we continued down a bike path that bordered the park that ultimately ended up under this huge bridge where we could walk over the flooding river.  We sure had a good time exploring Zilker Park that day, but were happy to get back to the car as it was starting to get toasty and pretty humid in the midday sun.