As I was exploring the trails of Brushy Creek which I hadn’t been
on as part of the Georgetown Running Club’s 2020 Summer Tour, it was a matter
of “taking the path I haven’t done yet.”
I parked at Champion Park, went over the bridge there, and started on
the trail to the east. After following
this for a short distance, there was a spur to the right (south) which I
explored. One of the things I came
across was a “Wish Tree.” This was a
tree where people would write good things on tags, and hang them on a
branch. I don’t know how long people had
been doing this, but there were a lot of tags present. This was a really cool find, and very
inspiring.
That spur eventually ended at Avery Ranch Blvd at short distance
from the Patsy Sommer Elementary School.
I turned around and went back to the main trail. While the main trail appeared to end a short
distance after that, there was a dirt “more wild” trail which paralleled the
creek. There was some really nice rock
formations I got to see. This “wild
trail” ended when it rejoined the main trail at the west end of Olson Meadows
Park. There were two southern extensions
from there, and I checked both out.
The first went to a pond at the back of a neighborhood. But the other one, which was technically
called Oak Brook Trail went on a nice undeveloped section behind some housing
tracts. Now this spur ended where Avery
Ranch Blvd crosses Morgan Hill, so I had to turn around after that. I considered taking Avery Ranch back to the
other spur, but I wanted to walk in wild areas, not along the street. Coming back on Oak Brook Trail allowed me to
see a deer and her fawn hanging out there.
Obviously I didn’t approach, but they allowed me to get some pictures of
them. That was a great bonus, and
something unexpected which made nature hikes so awesome.
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