I wanted to start a new category on my blog for Texas Hill Country adventures! I have a high value for nature, adventure and family fun and what more perfect way to show you all of the amazing places YOU should check out when you travel down to Dripping Springs for a photo session with me. 🙂

I had never heard of Milton Reimer’s Ranch before. When we were visiting Wanderin Star Farms for the first time during COVID my sister in law told me that it was opening to the public and was free for a few months to help people get outside and work on their mental and physical health after 6 weeks of sheltering in place in Travis County.

There were only two parks in that area that were opening due to the shelter in place orders and so we gave it a try.

Boy oh boy was I NOT disappointed.

There are several things to do at Reimer’s: horse back riding trails, mountain biking trails, swimming in the river, hiking, boulder jumping and rock climbing.

I took my boys down into the Climber’s Canyon and I just could not believe what I was seeing. It was incredible and NO ONE was there! We just got to climb, explore the little caves, and walk down the short trail to the river.

On the way down you run into several small pools of water, trickling water falls, lush ferns and huge trees. It felt like Fernguli!

“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately…”
― Henry David Thoreau

The boys were just as excited as I was while we explored each little trail, looking out for water moccasins and poison ivy.

We found the trail that loops all the way to the swimming area and ran into a huge boulder. We later passed by a group of high school boys who climbed it and they were jumping 20-30 feet off of it into the river. YIKES and COOL!!

When we reached the pebbly beach the kids stripped down to their shorts and started wading in. Silas looked like a Salmon swimming up stream as he kept diving his head under the fast and frigid current.

The park is breathtaking and filled with wildflowers this time of year. If you are near Dripping Springs, Texas and want to take a fun little day trip to Reimer’s Ranch then we give it 5 STARS!!