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Here's your plan for swimming at a secret lake, hiking nearby, and enjoying a healthy lunch.

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Spend the day swimming and hiking around Quarry Lake, then grab a healthy lunch from Honest Mary's.

Secret Swimming Hole in North Austin

Explore Quarry Lake in North Austin: swim, run on a 1K trail, and enjoy gym amenities with a day pass.

Lake Swimming

✅ Before you go:
• Lifetime Fitness (Arboretum location) owns the access to Quarry Lake, so you'll need to purchase a day pass inside the gym. It costs $40/person for the day, but gives you access to the lake and all Lifetime Fitness amenities.

🚗Transportation:
• There is free parking right next to the lake behind Lifetime Fitness

💪Pro tips: 
• There is a 1K dirt running trail around the lake, this is a great spot to go for a stroll before your swim!

Go swimming at Quarry Lake

Enjoy a healthy, refueling lunch at Honest Mary's in Austin, just a short drive from Quarry Lake. Try the recommended Smokey Poblano bowl.

Healthy Lunch

✅ Before you go:
• Check out their menu here: https://www.honestmarys.com/menu/

🚗Transportation:
• 6 minute drive from Quarry Lake

💪Pro tips:
• I recommend the Smokey Poblano bowl!

Grab lunch at Honest Mary's

to go swimming in North Austin, where you'll check out a hidden gem swimming hole,

This is one of my favorite secret spots, but I decided to let you in on it.

Just buy a day pass when you arrive, then walk to the lake.

walking the trails and enjoying some pretty epic views.

Next, we're grabbing a healthy lunch at Honest Mary's.

It's a fast casual spot that actually makes me feel refueled after.

I highly recommend the smoky poblano bowl.

All you gotta do is pick a sunny day and get to the lake!

Here's your plan for a relaxing stroll and plant shopping in a beautiful urban garden oasis. Watch the video 👇

An urban garden center that is the perfect date escape 

Stroll through an outdoor oasis

Wander among oak trees and tropical plants at The Great Outdoors, an urban garden oasis perfect for plant shopping and a peaceful stroll in Austin's Dawson neighborhood.

Garden center stroll

✅ Before you go
• bring a bigger car if you’re planning on taking home trees 😬
• bring all your plant loving friends 

💪 Pro tips
• say hello to Sable! He’s a talker! 
• get to know the employees. They’re so helpful!!! 
• take your time walking around, it’s beautiful!
• check out the little shop inside!

Spend hours at The Great Outdoors

we've been going to a lot of nurseries to buy plants,

The great outdoors is truly a destination,

and while it's technically an urban garden center,

we thought we were just going to stop by,

and a fig tree that we could barely fit into our car,

but we got home and planted these babies and just had the sweetest time.

Here's your plan for enjoying coffee, breakfast tacos, swimming, relaxing, reading, dining, and de-stressing. Watch the video 👇

Blissful mineral springs resort near Austin 

Day trip: Thermal mineral springs 

Grab specialty coffee and breakfast tacos at Chaparral Coffee in Lockhart before your spa day. Stroll the charming Lockhart downtown for a quick adventure.

Breakfast & coffee

✅ Before you go
• there’s tons of options but I recommend Chaparral 

💪 Pro tips
• walk around Lockhart if you haven’t been. It’s so cute! 

Grab breakfast in Lockhart

Relax at Ottine Mineral Springs with mineral pools, book reading, and drinks. Enjoy hot, cold, and unique rock-bottom pools for a serene escape near Austin.

Mineral springs spa day

✅ Before you go
• Buy your pass WEEKS in advance. They get full FAST! 

💪 Pro tips
• Bring your clothes, book, and water. They have showers, lockers, and towels. 

Spend the day at Ottine Mineral Springs

I was in desperate need of some girls' time,

so I grabbed my bestie and went to Ottine mineral springs

First we stopped by Lockhart to get some coffee at Chaparral,

the ones with like the rocks at the bottom,

we even got some drinks and we ordered some pizza at their cafe,

especially in these chaotic couple of weeks.

Here's your plan for enjoying Georgian brunch at Bread Boat and sipping nitro Thai tea nearby. Watch the video 👇

Enjoy a date or family outing at Bread Boat & Klerje Coffee 

2-stop date: Georgian Brunch & Nitro Thai Tea

Savor fresh-baked Georgian breads filled with gooey cheese, savory chicken, or beef at Bread Boat in East Austin—perfect for a hearty, unique brunch experience!

Bread board tasting

✅ Before you go
• Come hungry!!

💪 Pro tips
• LOVE the chicken and beef bread boats! 
• 2 is enough for 3 people 

Enjoy a bread board!

Enjoy creative drinks like Nitro Thai Tea or a Brown Sugar Iced Latte at Klerje Coffee, just a short walk from Bread Boat in East Cesar Chavez, Austin.

Coffee & Tea

✅ Before you go
• it’s walking distance from Bread Boat in case parking is a problem 

💪 Pro tips
• Trythe Nitro Thai Tea and the Brown Sugar Iced Latte 

Grab a coffee at Klerje 

and they made this place to just give them a little feel of home,

and we definitely needed a walk afterwards,

but we got the nitro Thai tea and the brown sugar ice latte,

and both of these activities together were just the perfect little family outing.

Here's your plan for tasting four delicious fall coffee flavors at Lucky Lab Coffee Co. Watch the video 👇

Grab any four of Lucky Lab's delicious fall flavors! 

Fall Flights ☕

Sip and share a cozy fall coffee flight of four seasonal flavors at Lucky Lab Coffee Co. on The Drag—perfect for friends or couples.

Coffee flight tasting

💪 Pro tips
• We loved the bourbon cold foam cold brew and maple sage! 
• It's more than enough coffee for two people - great for sharing! 