Balmorhea

On our way home from the reunion Cynthia and I drove back together in a caravan.  Our husband's weren't with us, so we decided to make the trip a little more exciting by stopping at Balmorhea.  In all the years we have driven back and forth from San Antonio to El Paso we had never stopped in.  We had heard about it and had wanted to go.  It is one of the world's largest spring fed swimming pool.

From the website it says, "More than 15 million gallons of water flow through the pool each day, gushing from the San Solomon Springs.  The pool is up to 25 feet deep, covers 1.75 acres, and holds 3.5 million gallons of water.  The water temperature stays at 72 to 76 degrees year-round."

It was a fun experience.  The water felt cold when you first got in.  I tried to get Asher in the shallow part, but he didn't like it.  The steps are really slippery and slimy from all the algae.  He spent his time watching us from the side.  The other kids had fun jumping from the diving board and exploring in the water.  There were fish swimming all around.  We ran into the Potter family there.  It was nice there was showers to rinse off so that we could travel comfortably back home.