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PENITENTIARY HOLLOW IN LAKE MINERAL WELLS STATE PARK |
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CLICK HERE FOR A MAP AND DIRECTIONS TO MINERAL WELLS STATE PARK |
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| Texas Tacky | Texarcana
| Adam & Eve | Mineral Wells State Park |
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click a thumbnail to view a photo A dam forms Lake Mineral Wells. Dams seem to form most of the lakes in Texas. The road across the dam often serves double duty as a spillway. |
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The entry to Penitentiary Hollow. | ||
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Looking into the Hollow. The photo assistant for this look at Penitentiary Hollow was an acrophobic West Texan. West Texans grow up in a flatland with few opportunities to get acclimated to cliffs and mountains. | ||
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Dozens of rock climbers, here above the Hollow, dozens more down in the Hollow. | ||
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Ropes tethered to trees with humans dangling below. | ||
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Rock climbers and rock climber assistants in the Hollow. | ||
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As you can see in this photo rock climbers in Texas come in all shapes, sizes and ages. | ||
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Like a bug on a wall this climber seemed glued to one spot for a long time. And then he fell. | ||
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Rappelling down appeared to be a lot more fun than trying to climb up. | ||
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This one appears to be climbing up. But he may be rappelling down. | ||
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There are caves down in Penitentiary Hollow. And narrow passageways between cliffs. These passageways activated the West Texan's claustrophobia. That flat West Texas land seems to be a severe phobia generator. | ||
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Trails take you from Penitentiary Hollow down to Lake Mineral Wells and then lead around the lake to the other parts of the park, like the camping area. | ||
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Billboards
| Texas Tacky | Texarcana
| Adam & Eve | Mineral Wells State Park |
Baker
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