Only an hour drive from our home of prairie and cactus, we entered a very familiar tropical feeling atmosphere of humidity, dense vegetation, moss, shade trees, and as the name implies...wall to wall Palmettos. Ironically, there were prickly pears and native grasses and trees intertwined in this tropical setting.
Being there really took me back to my days of living on the southern coast of Alabama. As we were walking along I could feel the pockets of humidity. I half-expected to witness an afternoon shower...but then again, we were still in Texas.
Our first stop was the lookout bluff...
The park was full of little short trails dotted throughout the park. We chose a hiking trail around the lake first. Before we set out, the "kids" had to play on the playground equipment...
Looks like somebody wasn't too scared to jump right into snake lake to get a drink and cool off...
Some other pics of our stroll around the lake...
Next we moved on to another trail...
Heading to the last trail of the day, we passed another small playground. This one had one of those old-timer slides like I used to slide on when I was a kid. I couldn't resist taking a slide down for old times sake...
The last trail was short and chock full of dwarf palmettos. I thought out loud about rooting up a couple of them for around my pool, but hubby informed me in front of Summer that would be stealing from a state park. Can't very well break the law..not in front of my kid anyway..lol..
There is also fishing, canoe and paddle boat rentals, camping facilities, and cabins.
I give Palmetto State Park a thumbs up.
In all my years in Austin, and all my travels about the state, and especially my travels about CenTex, I never made it to Palmetto St. Pk. I have no idea why I didn't...
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