Water Gardens

We went to visit the Fort Worth Water Gardens this past weekend.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Worth_Water_Gardens

We walked all the way from our building which is at least 10 blocks. It's near the convention center bordered by Lancaster to the south and between Commerce and Houston Streets. It's a 4-acre urban park.
It was closed for renovation for a long time; now that it's re-opened, it's even more beautiful and super clean. This is the entrance on the West side. There's also an entrance on the east side across from the Texas Wesleyan School of Law.
This is Artimus peering over the edge at one of the first water "exhibits" we saw. I think it's called the garden of fountains or something like that.

Artimus gets excited at "splashing sounds" so I think he liked the fountains.

The fountains actually create a rainbow. I think Tom captured it in the picture below. Gollum isn't a huge fan of anything besides sleeping, so this was a big bore for him.

Next we went to the "Tranquility Pool" or serenity pond or whatever. It was really calm until we decided to break all the rules.

I waded in first then took Artimus for a swim. He could touch the bottom and stand up straight if he needed to, but he didn't know that. He thought he was drowning, I presume.
Next was Gollum. He looked like a horse galloping in the water. A much more graceful stride. We vowed to remember our video camera next time, because they swam so differently. It was pretty funny to see. At least they were cooled off; it was a super long walk for their lazy butts.

Below is the main attraction:

It is an architectural phenomenon. Cascading water everywhere, and people actually walk down into the "sculpture."
In the far background of this picture is called the "Mountain." I have seen people climb these super steep steps. I'm not sure why you would want to, but hey, maybe it's fun. We let the dogs run off leash everywhere once inside the water gardens. They stayed pretty near us, except when Gollum got angry. After we put him in the water, he was pouting, and ran up the stairs like he was going home with or without us. He eventually decided it was better to stick with us rather than get himself lost. Smart kid.
For anyone who can make the trip to the water gardens, it won't disappoint.
It's beautiful; it's usually empty, since no one knows it has opened up again, and also it's not an easy place to find.

It's purposefully very discreet. We had a blast, and it's just so pretty...it's like a maze; there's a new surprise around every corner.