Today was free museum day in Austin, and since our family has already checked out many of the museums, we decided to visit Wild Basin, a preserve on the list of places with free admission for the day. We were interested in the preserve because their website said there was a program for preschoolers which, in the words of the website, "offers four themes: Butterflies and Caterpillars; Spiders and Scorpions; Ants and Rolypolies; and Nutty Squirrels". We thought Alia might enjoy this, so we drove to the location off of 360. We didn't see anything butterfly, caterpillar, rolypoly, etc. related when we got there, and the guy at information said it wasn't going on today. So we went on a hike through their preserve. There was a map which showed a nice nearly 2 mile hike through the wilderness, past a waterfall, pond and various scenic overlooks. There was also a short part that was wheelchair accessible. We decided to bring the stroller for Grant (mistake) and then we decided to wander off the wheelchair accessible path to see the waterfall (bigger mistake). The path was steep and rocky, and when we finally reached the waterfall it was a mere dribble. The path then meandered along a non-existent creek and I guess we also must have passed what was a pond at some point, but I sure missed it. The only advertised scenery that was actually impressive were the scenic overlooks, and they were quite nice. Going back up the rocky hillside was too difficult, so Marc had to carry the stroller and I had to carry Grant and Alia, whose attention span had reached its limit. At least when we finally made it back to the trail head we were able to enjoy the picnic lunch we had brought along.
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