It was a warm day but this was a good trail for that. The creek runs next to the trail, so the kids had some waterplay. I am very thankful that we saw no snakes. We saw raccoon and deer tracks, several birds, crawfish, and ticks (ick). But nothing slithering in the water...
Anyway, the reservoir recreation has three trails I think. Two of them start at the same place...to the right of the restrooms.
The trails are clearly marked though which helped.After all of the train, there was a pretty nice creek flowing and everything was green, green, green. And there were LOTS of ticks. We did a thorough check later. One of my kids found one the next day (crawling around). Other than that, I loved this trail.
My kids spent a LONG time wading in the creek. It was obvious there had been some flooding but thankfully most of it had gone down. And it wasn't flowing too terribly fast. The water was very clear which helped.Here is a picture partway down the trail where the water was a little deeper.
One of the things I enjoyed was the variety of plant life. For instance, there were patches of cactus plants everywhere...
This is the top of the waterfall. I am sure there is a way to the base to get a better look but we stuck to the trail this time.
Lots of beautiful green
There were short bluffs along the creek...never ceases to amaze me at how beautiful they are!
We kept saying, "Did we miss the Crack in Rock?" Then we went around a curve and saw this...Bingo!
The scenery was beautiful the whole trail. The trail does loop, so you end up back at the creek when you finish.
A marker (some were on trees)
Beautiful
I would rate this trail pretty easy. There was one real incline in it that had me huffing and puffing, but overall it was fairly flat, lots of views/scenery, and just the right length for my little people...Now I am ready to go back and explore some more!
Reba
