Link Falls at Bull Creek (Austin, TX) – August 2020

Part of the fun of doing the Georgetown Running Club’s 2020 Summer Tour was going to place I hadn’t been before and seeing new things.  I’d started exploring the area around Bull Creek, once I found the “secret entrance” which brought me to the hidden parking space.  The large gorge at the beginning of the trail-head was interesting to see, and I tried to imagine what it looked like when we’d had those massive rainstorms which would’ve filled the area.

I went further down the trail, after I had to climb some rocks to get down to it.  I hadn’t expected that, but it was fun.  After that, the trail paralleled the creek.  I followed that for a bit, found a spot to cross over, and then came back on the other side.  There were a lot of side trails, and some other access points, so I knew it would take me a few more trips to fully explore this region.

 

Trailhead Park (Austin, TX) – August 2020

 I’d been here back in June 2020 as a new place I’d been to as part of the Georgetown Running Club’s 2020 Summer Tour.  This was a return visit, and I was showing the trails to one of my friends (who’d never been here before).  While the main trail was a “J” shape, I’d figured out how some of the side trails went.  Thus the plan was to go on the less-traveled routes which would bring up to the smaller portion of the “J” so it would be an easy straight shot on the way out.

 The less-travelled paths were far more interesting.  The trail had a lot of tree cover which made it shady, but it also kept the breeze from coming (so we felt the humidity).  It was only when we reached the smaller portion of the “J” did it open up.  The trail loops back here because there’s really nothing beyond it.  Most of the trees are covered with vines and some have spider webs.  I’d commented that I was waiting for the giant spider from “Lord of the Rings” to come and attack us.  The section where the vines and branches draped over the trail (making a short tunnel) was very interesting.

Champion Park (Cedar Park, TX) – August 2020

 This is technically part of the Brushy Creek Trail that I visited as part of the Georgetown Running Club’s 2020 Summer Tour.  I was meeting a friend for this walk, thus there weren’t as many pictures as morning, because it was more important to interact with them than snap photos.  While I was waiting I did note in the area near car park was a fenced off section with some graves.  The people buried here were of the Champion family which originally owned the land, thus what the park was named after.  And since it was a Texas historical place, thus why the flag was there.  The wind was blowing, and it calmed down as I tried to get a selfie of me with it.  The rest of the pictures are of the trails on the far side of the bridge, many of which I’d already traveled on before (but were new for my friend).