If someone would tell you, that Texas has a beautiful natural spring... would you believe them? I've always wanted to swim in a natural spring..  I searched up for natural springs near me and to my surprise Texas had a few. My boyfriend and I had already planned out months ahead to visit his mom in Texas for the weekend. I found 2 springs that were both 4 hours away from his moms. My boyfriend wasn't quite sure about driving that long.. being that his mom's house was already a total of 3 hours to get too... But I convinced him after showing him Hamilton Pool. We left at 4 in the morning.. need I remind you I had to work the night before till 10.. which was around 10:30 when I left, and I gave a ride to a friend/coworker to her house.. I didn't get back home till almost 11. I still had to pack, eat super and take a shower. I didn't go to bed till pretty much 12 something. I only had 3 hours of sleep. Alarm went off and it was time to get ready quick and head out. We got to his mom's house first so we could drink some coffee. I happen to look up the place again.. luckily I did because I noticed at the last minute, you had to book it in advance. Unfortunately all the weekend was booked. I was SO upset with myself because I didn't do my research like I should've.. I just figured it was one of those things you could just pay and get in. Luckily I looked up the other one I had found before.. and this one was actually 15 mins farther BUT you didn't have to book.. and it was a lot cheaper. LOL We left his mom's house right away and got on the road for the next 4 hours. On the way there, near Austin Texas I got to experience for the first time.. elevation up higher than the normal 500 ft in Louisiana. Over 1200ft my ears popped like crazy but the view was just incredibly insane. We finally ended up making it to Krause Springs. After walking around the place in of course that Texas heat, it was time to take a dip. I can cross off my Bucket List for swimming in a natural spring! Water was very cold, but refreshing. Definitely worth traveling 7 hours = 665 miles. 

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