Hutto Cottonwood Trail

Last week we set out on of our first hikes this year that was not on our own trail system. I wanted something close by, yet different. The Cottonwood Trail is in Hutto, which is the next city just northeast of us. It's also known for it's many hippo statues situated throughout the city. We came across a few on our hike...

The hike was a pleasant one, but very hot as there was no shade along the trail. We probably would have hiked more to explore the downtown area, but the sun was blazing. We'll save that for another day...

We stopped to say hello to some cows lounging in the field next to the trail....

 
Interesting looking birdhouse. It appeared that it could be raised up and down...

One day I would like to go back and explore Hutto a little more.

Here is a photo of sunflowers I took on our trail the other day...