TPW Magazine: Three Days in the Field
Stephanie Salinas taken at Inks Lake, and her dad at Pedernales Falls.
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The outdoors helps you recharge and connect with those you love, as Stephanie Salinas discovered when writing a piece for Texas Parks and Wildlife magazine’s Three Days in the Field column.
07— You basically try and create a weekend adventure just to get away, and take a break from the routine.
Her dad was her companion for this Central Texas jaunt.
09—Well, my dad and I are very close, and he’s a big nature buff. He loves going hiking and hunting, and I don’t really get to see him as often since I moved away.
They visited Inks Lake, Longhorn Caverns and Pedernales Falls, all within 30 minutes of one another.
08—We stayed the first two nights at Inks Lake, because Inks Lake and Longhorn Caverns are about five minutes apart. So, it’s really easy to go back and forth. At Inks they stayed in a cabin, fished, cooked on a campfire and the first night took a quarter mile hike to
Devil’s Waterhole.
05—Which is an overlook of the entire park. It was a really short hike that offered great, great views.
Across the road at Longhorn Caverns, the absence of stalactites and stalagmites surprised Salinas and dad.
07—This one was made by a rushing river millions of years ago. It’s completely smooth – the entire top looks like marble.
And Pedernales offered surprises around every turn.
05—The thing about this one is it has a lot of hidden nooks and crannies that you wouldn’t even think of.
Read Stephanie Salinas’ article in the October issue of Texas Parks and Wildlife magazine. Funding provided in part by Ram Trucks. Guts. Glory. Ram.
For Texas Parks and Wildlife…I’m Cecilia
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