Austin Town Lake

Austin has a nice lake called Townlake. It is'n realy a lake... it is part of the Colorado River. There are walkways on both sides of the river which are used by cross country runners, walkers as well as bikers. It is heavily visited during the weekends.

The water of that lake is really clean and it is possible to see fishes close to the shore as well as water turtles which sometimes relax on stones and branches in the sun.

	A view to on of the branches of the Townlake which leads to the Barton Spring Pool.

	Did you discover the turtles, resting on branches in the sun?.

	Spring time.. probably the best time of the year with all their blooming and fresh green leaves on all plants. We injoyed this in Texas because it is a short period of time where the temperatures are very pleasant.

	Various specious of cactus are growing in our area... a sign, that we are living in a quite dry and warm area.

	.. I have to mention the nice blooming so called "wild flowers". Their name is misleading. The city takes care, that the seed is distributed every year and that those native flowers are growing like everywhere... even along different highways.There is a '1-800er' number which can be called to get the information where the nicest places are to make pictures of wildflower fields..

	The traditional native Texan wildflower is called: "Bluebonnets"

	Another nice flower is the 'Indian Paintbrush'

	..and on the right side the "Swamp Mellow"