Wednesday May 15th
Woke up early, Lydia tried to run on the beach and was swarmed with mosquitos.
Had breakfast and broke camp.
Headed west along the coast to Freeport, then north-west to Austin. Stopped
at a smoke house along the way and picked up some Texas tenderloin steak and
red pepper jelly!
Arrived at McKinney Falls SP on the southeastern side of Austin – very quiet
and seemingly woodsy for being so close to an urban area. The park has a good-sized
stream running through it with two water falls and a couple of swimming holes.
After a quick setup, in much less humid conditions and no mosquitos, we took
a walk to the upper falls. Man, it felt hot at 35 degrees Celsius. Luckily
there are lots of trees and the pathway down to the falls was mostly shaded.
Not a lot of water going over the falls but enough to make it interesting and
provide a nice flow to make the swimming OK. I noticed there were a bunch of
turtles in the water, but they didn’t seem to mind the people. We hadn’t put on
our swimsuits so we ended up dangling our feet in the water before it goes over
the falls.
Afterwards we drove to a nearby neighbourhood grocery
store to pick up provisions then returned to enjoy our mosquito free campsite. |
| Upper McKinney Falls |
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| Twinkle Toes |
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| Wild flowers and Prickly Pear cactus |
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| Prickly Pear in bloom |
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| Grumpy turtle |
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| Texas Walking Stick - lots of protein there! |
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