My special place People from all over town drive to the heart of South Austin, near Barton Spring Pool and Lady Bird Lake, despite of the fact of getting into traffic jam, and burning their skin under the heat of the summer month, just to get better seat in the Zilker Park waiting for the nightfall to watch the fireworks. The 350 acres recreation area owned by public developed into the park during the Great Depression in 1930, listed in the National Register of Historic Place in 1997. With many attractions developed year over year, one will find some that will fit his personal choice. In addition, there are many recreation activities that perfectly suitable for the whole family. When did the Zilker Park become my special place? I did not know. One time in the summer of 2001, I took my cute little one years old son to the park. When we got there, he played sliding and ran around the park to experiment new thing in the playground such as creating the music by hitting the xylophone, playing with sand, or riding a green ride called the zephyr miniature train. I was very happy to see my son enjoyed and had fun with outdoor activities. During the train riding, I discovered this is very big park and I can do something to help my son more enjoyable. After the train riding, we walked along the Barton Spring Pool connecting to the river. We saw swans swimming in water, dog running into the water to catch the ball. We had seen some turtles while we paddled along the river. While we did these things together, I had though for myself that I was going to cook B-B-Q while my son played next time, which I had done. In addition, the park had the hike and bike trail around the Lady Bird Lake both paths next to the park, which had many beautiful scenes for you to see while biking or hiking along its paths. Many events that are more interesting ran yearly in the park, such as Austin City Limit Music Festival, Park Kite Festival, Park Trees Lighting and Trail of Lights, Austin...