09.24.2008: Barton Springs Pool

Austin

Biked out to Barton Springs pool with Graham, Lily, Natalie, Kaïssa, Jenni, Mark and Steven. What a wonderful place! Have been to Austin many times but had yet to go swimming here. A natural spring has been used to create a massive pool in a city park. Surrounding the pool are walls of natural rock, some man-made walls and fish swim in the deeper areas. The water is chilly, but you get used to it. Other towns should do this if they can — if they cleaned up their rivers, they could create secure walled-in areas of river water or even ocean water, as they do in Australian cities.

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