Pedernales Falls Texas

by Joan Carroll

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Pedernales Falls Texas

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Joan Carroll

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Photograph - Digital Art

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You've heard of silent letters in pronunciation, but here's a case of a missing letter or maybe the transposed letter! Say Perd-n-Alice and not Ped-ern-Alice and you'll have it right! This is Pedernales Falls State Park in Texas, located 10 miles (16 km) east of Johnson City on the Pedernales River, 14 miles (23 km) southwest of the river's mouth at Lake Travis. You can have a look at this area of the falls and river from a viewing platform up on the hill to the left or you can get an entirely different view and a thrilling experience by walking over the tilted, layered stair steps of limestone into the center of the flowing water. I had to keep pinching myself as I walked across the rocks, saying over and over to myself "this is SO COOL!" You've got to pay attention though because the Pedernales is prone to variable water levels. The speed at which flash floods can arise along this river has resulted in several deaths at the park, and warning sirens have been installed in the park and elsewhere along the river. Lucky for us, there was enough water to show off the falls but not too much to make it dangerous.

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November 23rd, 2015

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