{"id":6931,"date":"2016-01-11T22:23:42","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T08:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/?p=6931"},"modified":"2016-01-11T22:53:33","modified_gmt":"2016-01-12T08:53:33","slug":"austin-wild-bassin-hike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/?p=6931","title":{"rendered":"Austin: Wild Basin Hike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every time we go to Austin, we find somewhere new to hike. This time it&#8217;s the Wild Basin Preserve, and as a bonus, it also has a pretty little waterfall. Another bonus was that it was a beautiful sunny day.<\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/11\/160104-awb-01-group.jpg' alt=\"\" height=\"450\" width=\"600\"\/><br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/11\/160104-awb-02-enchanted-forest.jpg' alt=\"\" height=\"600\" width=\"450\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Leilani wore Sonja&#8217;s big sunglasses, and we joked that it made her look like some Hollywood starlet:<br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/11\/160104-awb-03-l.jpg' alt=\"\" height=\"600\" width=\"450\"\/><br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/11\/160104-awb-04-group-orbs.jpg' alt=\"\" height=\"450\" width=\"600\"\/><br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/11\/160104-awb-05-group.jpg' alt=\"\" height=\"450\" width=\"600\"\/><\/p>\n<p>There were even a few lonely wildflowers despite the recent cold weather:<br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/11\/160104-awb-06-la-flower1.jpg' alt=\"\" height=\"600\" width=\"450\"\/><br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/11\/160104-awb-07-la-flower2.jpg' alt=\"\" height=\"600\" width=\"450\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The falls were pretty but hard to see or get a good photo:<br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/11\/160104-awb-08-falls.jpg' alt=\"\" height=\"600\" width=\"450\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The low winter light mad pretty patterns in the stream and ripples:<br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/11\/160104-awb-09-ripples.jpg' alt=\"\" height=\"450\" width=\"600\"\/><br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/11\/160104-awb-09-sl.jpg' alt=\"\" height=\"450\" width=\"600\"\/><br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/11\/160104-awb-09-stream.jpg' alt=\"\" height=\"450\" width=\"600\"\/><br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/11\/160104-awb-10-ripples.jpg' alt=\"\" height=\"450\" width=\"600\"\/><br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/11\/160104-awb-11-ripples.jpg' alt=\"\" height=\"450\" width=\"600\"\/><br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/11\/160104-awb-13-stream.jpg' alt=\"\" height=\"600\" width=\"450\"\/><br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/11\/160104-awb-14-al.jpg' alt=\"\" height=\"450\" width=\"600\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A little bit further, we found a nice rock to sit on with the only good view of the waterfall:<br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/11\/160104-awb-18-group.jpg' alt=\"\" height=\"600\" width=\"450\"\/><br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/11\/160104-awb-20-waterfall.jpg' alt=\"\" height=\"450\" width=\"600\"\/><br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/11\/160104-awb-21-us.jpg' alt=\"\" height=\"450\" width=\"600\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every time we go to Austin, we find somewhere new to hike. 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