Spicewood Valley Trail – Primrose Path (Austin, TX) – June 2020

 As part of the Georgetown Running Club’s 2020 Summer Tour challenge, just to be able to “mark this one off my list,” I went over to my old neighborhood for a trail which I knew was there.  I’d explored this one when I’d lived in the area, so it made a good reason to come back over and do it again.  Of course when I lived in the vicinity I’d walk to the bottom of the hill where Scotland Well intersected with Spicewood Springs and enter the trail there.  Only once before had I worked my way through the neighborhood and entered off of Primrose Path, which is why I’m referring this to by the street name now.  On Google Maps it calls this “Spicewood Valley Trail,” but as you can by the sign the trail was also “Upper Bull Creek” (or part thereof).

 Starting at Primrose Path, the majority of the trail descends, so that’s why I parked there so I’d get a good workout on the way back.  The funky rock with the hole in the middle was still there from when I was first on the trail a couple years ago, although the road sign placed by the local scout troop was new to me.

 I turned back once I reached Scotland Well and came back the way I come, but went a little farther upstream.  There was a short additional part which took me to a nice rock face which would be good to sit and soak up the sun (as someone was doing when I got there).  I tried to take a picture to get a sense of the high up the rocks were, but it was hard to get the angle correct.  Beyond this area I’d have to climb up about twelve feet of rock face which would bring me to an open field, so that was a good place to call this hike complete.