San Gabriel Dam (Georgetown, TX) – December 2020

 Here was another place that Bill talked about frequently, and I should’ve visited during the time of the Georgetown Running Club 2020 Summer Tour.  There’s a nice parking area on the east side of the dam, and the trail goes northward (which loops around to where I’d been previously on the other side of the river).  I decided I would walk across the top of the dam first, as that would bring me closer to the entrance of the San Gabriel Park.  I did notice a huge open area by a rock wall on the west side of the dam.  I guess if the water level ever got really high, it would spill over there.  Considering there was no shade, I’m glad I went across this in December, as opposed to the brutal summer heat.

 Once I’d come back to my starting point at the dam, I followed one of the side trails which brought me down to the lower portion of the dam.  Yes, of course I was going to take a picture of the danger sign.  I looked at the spillway set-up which was there, and I would’ve loved to climb the rocks next to it.  But there was another trail which paralleled the spillway “downstream.”  That’s a place I’ll have to figure out where the access points are, so I can come back to do that section later.