Sycamore Creek Greenbelt (Austin, TX) – December 2020

 This was one I just happened to stumble upon, as the entrance was very “out of the way” and not as well marked.  Sycamore Creek was in the vicinity of Gaines Creek where’d I’d just bend.  I parked on the side of the road (Travis Country Circle) and had to go through a clause-way between houses before reaching the actual wooded trails.  Once in there it was a pretty nice walk, keeping in mind there was no trail markings at all.  I kept the creek to my right on the way in for most of the journey, as there was very little else to use to determine direction.

 It was dry, so there was very little water in the creek itself.  I did come to an open area set higher than the rest of the area.  I knew from my Google Maps images that eventually the main trail would loop me to the far end of Travis Country Circle, but that was where the trail got obscured.  I did fan out a little bit and couldn’t figure where the rest of the trail, so that was a good time to backtrack to what I knew and make my way out.  There were a couple of side trails which I’d noticed too, and I figured I’d save those for a return trip.