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Best Day Trip – Wet

Hamilton Pool

Best Day Trip – Wet
Sandy Carson

When your toes dig into the sand and pebbles near the tiny beachhead of Hamilton Pool, it's a good thing you're already wet. Now go back on shore and shuck down to your bathing suit. And don't dry off before the ultimate misting under the enchanted swimming hole's waterfall. A magic over-the-hills-and-through-the-woods hike to reach CenTex's El Dorado adds even more to the pleasure portal. You don't need a Spanish fortune hunter to find it, either.