Gus Fruh — Attraction in Austin

This place is perfect for all ages. It's a nice shaded trail with access to the river. We walked a short trail and got to a really nice place for wading in the water with our 6 year old son. There were several families there having a great time. The water is not deep on the first part of the trail. If you keep going further down the windy and rocky trail, you get closer to more running water/falls and then to some big rocks where people enjoy sun bathing and the water is more still. For younger kids the first part of the trail is great. There are tons of small rocks to play with but that also means your feet hurt a ton if you don't bring good water shoes. To really enjoy the area, I definitely recommend bringing those as well as tubes for floating around. There are a few swings for adults and adventurous kids to throw themselves into the water. This place is in a residential area and there are no bathrooms close by so we didn't stay here for...

So there was this girl I super had a crush on and we went see Ween at STUBBS one night and after she wanted to go for a swim and we hiked down there in the dark then when we got there we got naked and jumped in the water, that's what I told her I had a huge crush on her and I was thinking about giving her smooch but I didn't know if that was good idea. She swam around me a couple of times under water then she came up and we had us a love connection. It lasted almost a year. I will never forget how amazing she looked in the light...

For too many off-leash dogs running around on this trail where the dogs should be on leash. If you're allergic, recovering from injury or surgery, have a dog that is dog aggressive that you always have on leash, don't like stepping in dog poop, have cancer that is in your bones and therefore making them more fragile, etc, then unfortunately you will be often challenged on Barton Greenbelt trails and might not have the healing, healthy, nature experience you were looking for. Just please be forewarned if you're...