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As a teen it was Menard Creek, but at 83 it is my bathtub.
Paul Page, Jasper-Newton EC | Kirbyville
The creek in my backyard.
Ray Wolbrecht, Pedernales EC | Blanco
The next one. I have always been a sucker for swimming holes, ever since childhood. They always have a “Huck Finn” feel to me—very nostalgic—so if I see one, and I have shorts nearby, I jump in.
Dave Bohn, Pedernales EC | Canyon Lake
Balmorhea State Park pool—nothing better.
Lisa Holloway Fitzsimmons | Via Facebook
Hamilton Pool.
Alan Arrowood | Via Facebook
The shower.
Gene Osborne, Wood County EC | Mineola
A saltwater pool.
RaJean Vawter, Trinity Valley EC | Canton
The one in my own backyard—a 10-by-30-foot aboveground pool.
Sandra Valderaz, Pedernales EC | Leander
The Caddo River, Caddo Gap, Arkansas. Not Texas, but pretty close by.
Carol Giese, Bowie-Cass EC | Hooks
Was the saltwater swimming pool on North Beach, Corpus Christi, in the 1940s. When the jellyfish were so bad you couldn’t get in the bay, it was the place to be.
Harold R. Clark, Nueces EC | Kingsville
Hippie Hollow on Lake Travis in Austin.
Larry Radney | Via Facebook
The Frio River.
James Parker, Sam Houston EC | Livingston
Used to be an incredible place called Edge Falls close to San Antonio.
Jimmy Everett | Via Facebook
Also my favorite fishing hole.
Deanna Thomas, Big Country EC | Hawley
Krause Springs.
Bennett Spelce | Via Facebook
The creek in the summer.
Cathy Stanley, Navarro County EC | Fairfield
The rock crossing in the Red River in Red River County on the Texas side. The water was so cool when we were kids.
Rick Allen | Via Facebook
Filled with hot air.
Steve Bailey, PenTex Energy | Gainesville
Dead Man’s Hole at Matagorda.
James Cosby, GVEC | New Braunfels
Blue Hole.
Lillie Carrell | Via Facebook
By the sandbar in the Colorado River just downriver outside La Grange.
Carol Svrcek, Fayette EC | La Grange
Barton Springs Pool.
Daniel Stinson | Via Facebook
Well, since my name is Honey, I suggest the old-timers honey hole for recognition.
Honey Bybee, United Cooperative Services | Erath County
Roaring Springs Ranch Club.
Judy Griggs | Via Facebook
The one that has water in it.
Amy Cheatham, Medina | Uvalde
Now just a splash in the pan of life.
James J. Huff Jr., Rusk County EC | Carthage
Lake Tejas in Colmesneil.
Carol Brown, Hamilton County EC | Gatesville
The next one—regretfully having missed swimming since September 2001.
Carol M. Pellissier, Tri-County EC | Keller
The one I am presently in.
Lyla Crouch, Central Texas EC | Mason
The Gulf of Mexico
Judy Lee, Deep East Texas EC | Milam
Hancock Springs in Lampasas.
Alan Tompkins, Pedernales EC | Kempner
