According To Lola: February 2009

For Valentine's Day, Lola's Daddy and I went out to Enchanted Rock to camp for the night. Enchanted Rock is a big pink granite dome, one of the largest batholiths in the United States. We had both been there before, although not together, so it seemed like a good place to go for our first camping trip together, not to mention Lola's first camping trip ever! (As far as we know.) It's just about 90 minutes from Austin (if I'm driving) and about two hours from Austin (if Lola's Daddy is driving). Plus you can goof off in Fredericksburg, and also you're right in the thick of the Texas Wine Country, so there are lots of places to stop and do wine tastings.

We borrowed a tent from one of Lola's Daddy's friends. It was frikkin ginormous. You could have slept ten people in that tent. If they were friendly. Here is me and the tent.

Here is our rockin' awesome camp site. (A camp site is, obviously, a tent plus a picnic table.)

Lola's Daddy got me bowling shoes for Valentine's Day and I think they're awesome. I must be madly in love with him.

At Texas State Parks, dogs have to be on a leash at all times. I brought some twine to tie Lola up so she'd have more freedom of movement. As you can see, she used the extra length to good advantage:

Then I got a photo of her in mid-nose-lick. OMG TOTAL ADORABLE MELTINGNESS.

As you can see, the Texas Hill Country is beautiful. I really love it. It is sparse and bare and rugged, and not at all pretty in the conventional sense, but we both think it is wonderful. And it's right in our back yard! The is the back side of Enchanted Rock. The teeny tiny dots on the downward slope are people rock-climbing.