Andy Cook - Central Texas Realtor

And visit Aquarena Springs! What a pretty place. Beautiful clear water. You can clearly see the bottom of the riverbed thru the glass bottom boats. At depths of over 20 feet you can see the spring water bubbling up thru the sandy bottom as soft shell turtles swim by. The little ones got a kick out that. A great way to spend a hot summer ...

The kiddos sure do love going for a hike / wade / swim at the nearby state parks. They have recently been to McKinney Falls State Park and Pedernales Falls State Park and have had a great time. Visit the website for Texas Parks & Wildlife and find a park near you. Each of these two parks are very near my favorite area: South Austin & ...

I used to go to the library all the time as a kid. I would ride my bike all the way across town (well it wasn't a real big town) most days during the summer to get a new book and get my reading club card stamped. Nowadays the kids have this thingy called the internet that apparantly Al Gore invented. That danged ole internet seems to be ...

The Austin area is full of them. We have a gajillion city, county & state parks to choose from and most of them are really great. I haven't been to all of them, only a few. But, I have seen or heard about a bunch more than I have been to and I can't wait to go visit them soon. Some of my favorites are: Zilker, Emma Long, Mt. Bonnell, ...

You don't want to live your whole life and never see the Weiner Dog Races held each year at the beautiful Buda City Park! The Kentucky Derby has nothing on this. Where else can you see hundreds of skillfully trained weiner dog racers al in one setting? You are also very likely to be able to pet, give treats to and possibly hold in your arms ...