Snorkeling In Texas

Balmorhea State Park has a cool oasis in the high desert.  It is the world's largest spring-fed swimming pool located in West Texas.

Many families visit Balmorhea.  What a great place to visit, especially when you live many miles away from the beach.  They even have scuba lessons here.

More than 15 million gallons of water flow through the pool each day, gushing from the San Solomon Springs.  

This is the shallow part of the pool.  The pool is up to 25 feet deep, covers 1.75 acres and holds 3.5 million gallons of water.  The water temperature stays at 72 to 76 degrees year-round.

Double-shaka from Dakotah.

Here are some scuba divers in the pool.

Dakotah was trying o catch a fish-- notice it right in front of the camera.

I love this photo of Dakotah taking a break.

There were tons of colorful fish.  At least these ones didn't nibble on us like he ones in the Hamilton Pool.

Best photo of me snorkeling.