A Bee Cs of Relaxation

In an area that used to be on a river tucked deep in a working ranch, there is a spa that is wonderful in its tranquility. Tranquility has a steep price, though, and Lake Austin Spa is no exception. FFP and I bid on a two-night stay with all meals (and a massage each) at a charity auction back in June and were surprised to find that we had purchased it. We promised ourselves that we would treat ourselves after we crawled out of the moving morass of the summer. We had a wonderful and tranquil time. While we were walking around the garden I snapped this busy bee. He was oblivious of me while he did his duties.

The spa is wonderful and manages to maintain a serenity beyond belief even though the ranch is a huge housing and urban development now and the river is a lake with skiers and fishermen. I got good some good exercise, had a great massage, ate delicious portion-controlled calorie-reduced food and read and lounged. If you want the perfect place to be when the stock-market takes a deep dive, this is it.

By the way, we've had pictures of and near Lake Austin before but it is a long and winding lake so, for example, the bee's home is probably sixteen miles as the hawk flies down the lake to the dam that creates the lake which is much nearer Mt. Bonnell, our club and such. (And it's almost twenty by car on the roads you have to take.)