a day off...

Things have been so stressful around the house lately with my joblessness and Shannon's family coming for a visit on Friday that I decided to force us to take a few hours off today. One of our favorite pastimes is Geocaching so we loaded up the backpack and GPS and headed for Georgetown.
The first cache we went after was in a new development west of town. There is a trail that follows a creek through a canyon. About 1/2 way down the canyon is a large cave with a spring at the base. It was a nice place to cool off and take a break. As we were exploring the cave I noticed an arrowhead on the ground and we started looking. We found a couple arrowheads and a few possibles. As we sat there we could imagine Indians taking refuge from the summer heat and carving arrowheads by the spring. It was really fun.
The next cache we did was alongside Lake Georgetown. On the way to it as I tried to blaze a shortcut I found a hidden cove and made a mental note of it. We trudged on towards the cache and found it quite easily. On the way back we took a detour to the little cove I found. On a hot Texas summer day that water looked very inviting. We had a towel but no suits. We decided to swim as only you can at a secret swimming hole. We went au-naturale. :-) It was a secluded cove and being a Tuesday the lake was deserted. After a nice swim we crawled up on the rocks and dried off. The sun felt great. We made sure to mark the spot on our GPS for a return visit someday.