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Krause Springs

krause4-9-10Beautiful pic of the springs natural bathing pool, below the camping area. Almost Certainly looks photoshopped. Made in April by Ellen Yeates.

Old growth cypress trees

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You don’t see a lot of old-growth trees in Central Texas, like these Cypresses at Krause Springs in Burnet County southwest of Austin. The soil is too thin and the storms too frequent to prevent even old trees from being uprooted with regularity. So these monsters, some at ten- to twenty-feet in circumference, were a revelation when encountered over the weekend at the Cub Scout camp out.

Goin’ campin’

We’re off to Krause Springs with the Cub Scouts. No further posting until we return tomorrow. Adios.

Camping trip

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Krause Springs, where the water is a chilly 70 degrees year-round, is our destination this weekend for Mr. B.’s Cub Scout pack’s fall camping trip. It’s west of Austin, unlike McKinney Falls where we stayed last year, so we won’t be awakened by jets taking off from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. That will be nice. I expect the boys will do what they did last year, each find a long stick and head off into the woods playing tag. They’ll swim in the cold water, we’ll watch. Campfire at night, and S’mores, of course. I nicked the photo, the best I could find, here, from a fellow who shares our interest in astronomy and has some really nice astrophotographs you should check out.