Did you know you could go hiking in Texas? Who knew! And rock climbing too! A group of us found ourselves in Lake Mineral Wells State Park doing just that! It was an awesome day!
Esther, Sandy (her dog Zeta), Dessa, Angela, Danielle (her dog ?), and Rebeka
Just after we had trekked down to the waterless lake. Scott and Justin have joined for the picture.
The waterless lake, very strange ground. Justin, Aaron, and Esther examining who knows what!
The three brave boys who joined us 5 girls!
Aaron, Scott, and Justin
Surfing on the lake...well at least Angela and I are!
We found this sign laying down on the ground after we had already spent an hour climbing all over everything we saw! Oops!
One of the crevices we crawled through...even the dog posed for the pic!
Really cool trees to climb on too...though I'm really the only one in any danger of falling off, which is why Esther is kind of holding onto me.
As you will see these four brave ones actually scaled a boulder and this is them basking in their triumph! Way to go Gang!
Aaron offers a hand to Dessa while Esther gives her leg a shove up as well! Ha!
Another crevice (and this one didn't require us jumping off a four foot boulder to get to the ground--oh, did I not mention that before!)
Dessa and Rebeka pushing the rock apart so we can take a shortcut!
Let's just say that if one of us fell off the back of this rock there would be no need for a bath later!As you can see not everyone ventured out there, just a crazy ones!
Just one of the trails that wasn't really a trail but was a trail...it was filled with prickly things...the tree limbs, briars on the ground, and catcus too!
The day is coming to an end and so we stopped for one last pose. Dessa just got the memo a little late!
This might be more believable if I was grimmacing instead of smiling! Ha!
We finished the night with a meal as we were all starving! It just so happens I had one of the best Italian dishes I've ever eaten! Amazing!!! Dessa and Angela enjoyed their meals too!
We could've taken the easy way down...but why?
Perhaps if Steven wasn't smiling this picture would be more believable!
So Steven said in all the times he had been to the park nobody had ever been able to climb this rock. Matt took the challenge...after a failed jump...he took another one and found himself stuck in this position for at least five minutes!
But he eventually made it and so did April...who took three steps and was on it in five seconds! It was one of the most awesome things I've ever seen! Ha!
Arwen skipped the rock and conquered the tree! 
