Friday, March 13, 2009

Adventures in Fredericksburg: The Enchanted Rock

Dan and I climbed the Enchanted Rock on Tuesday, during the few brief hours of our entire trip that it wasn't raining. According to the Texas Parks and Wildlife website, the Enchanted Rock is "a huge, pink granite exfoliation dome, that rises 425 feet above ground, 1825 feet above sea level, and covers 640 acres. It is one of the largest batholiths (underground rock formation uncovered by erosion) in the United States." The hike up is a little over half a mile, so not far, but it was pretty steep! We were both out of breath by the time we made it to the top.

2 comments:

Brenton and Jenna Lane said...

fun fun fun! I wish we could have been there... with you!!!

Kristi said...

I totally agree! Next time we'll have to all go together - and maybe then we can all have good weather too. :)