Traveling Free Box

I didn't want the swimming hole post to get too long, so I've put all the non swimming shots from TX here.

outside of swimming, I was pumped to skate the new Evergreen skatepark

in Fredericksburg, tx - it had only been open for a few weeks

mugging near the high dive at Balmorhea

crailtapping in Big Bend National Park

finally paid a visit to Rabbit Food Grocery in ATX

a mogwai and stonehedge replica near Ingram, TX

unity vegan food cart - those are fried pickles next to that Cuban.

Vader had a ball swimming with James Hardy & I on the Guadalupe River

C-Tech ditch ride

this is the full view of the C-Tech ditch - one of the best in Tejas

at the front end of the hike up Enchanted Rock

with all the rain in May, the wildflowers were bumping

trying to not drop the camera during a green belt adventure

pinball with Kansas OG's Lorne & Nate

fully tubed above Upper McKinney Falls

not a break in the weather & skated Cat Palace

Smith grind on the buttery hand poured concrete coping

2 of the 6 cats at the palace

doing my best John Lucero schmitt stix impression

cut my time short in Austin, to get to the Jeff Phillips memorial

ran into Zach from the overload OBX trip of 2010

chris gentry spinning a tailgrab 540 between rain drops

swung by the school book depository and the grassy knoll on my way outta town

had breakfast with a grade school buddy, Mike Wilson, north of Denton on my way up to Wichita.

Last year after leaving Texas and having swam in multiple amazing swimming holes, I came across a list of Texas' top 10 swimming holes. Some I'd already been to, but there were plenty I'd never heard of. So in May of this year, my first project was to tour the finer Texas swimming holes.

I altered these maps & used them as a road map

1st stop was the San Solomon pool at Balmorhea State Park - spring fed pool with catfish, turtles, & a high dive

the long drive south to Big Bend National Park

inside Big Bend, just a few feet from the Rio Grande & 'ole Mexico...

lies an abandoned hot springs that really hit the spot. with a swim in the Rio, we're up to 3 holes.

sunrise in Big Bend National Park

Ingram Dam makes a semi natural water slide

VIDEO here

the River Rat rides again _ spot #4

Schumacher Crossing - picturesque series of waterfalls #5

popped the river rat at Hunt Crossing (#6)

the good stuff above the dam is private property... Wagon Wheel Crossing (#7)

too shallow to swim - The Flats (#8)

many pools up on top of Enchanted Rock (#9)

The Slab had lots of deeper channels in it. (#10)

broader view of the main cliff at Devil's Waterhole and some locals taking the plunge (#11)

Spicewood Springs in Colorado Bend State Park (#12)

I show up in Lampasas excited to swim in the historic Hancock Pool - but I find it closed for a wedding

I was so pissed that I jumped in Sulphur Creek (#13)

but as luck would have it, I spotted the original pool along the creek as I was drying off (#14)

there was a fence all around it, but I saw a way in and ran up the stairs on the left and leapt off

after skating the Marble Falls skatepark, I skated down to the lake & jumped in (#15)

the fence was down as the Barton pool staff was preparing for a flood

Initially I went to the other bank of the spillway and swam, then snuck into the pool area and jumped in. And I'm glad I did because while I was there the far end of the pool started to flood and the closed it down and it was closed for the rest of my time in the area. (#16 & #17)