I remember a childhood growing up climbing trees, picking mangoes and plums on the university campus where my father was a lecturer. Went fishing in the streams deep in the botanical gardens.
From looking at his own farmland, he could see that soil was created by the erosion of rocks and that particles of this soil were continually washed away and carried off by streams and rivers and redeposited elsewhere.
The heart of the sleeper beats high in his breast; Joy quickens his pulses, -all his hardships seem o'er; And a murmur of happiness steals through his rest, " O God! thou hast blest me, -I ask for no more."
Enjoy one of the many outdoor activities in Zilker Park or head to McKinney Falls, just south of the city, where you can clamber over rocks and cool off by the streams.