Lake Georgetown

This past week, Toby and I have been exploring the trails along Lake Georgetown. Even though we have hiked Lake Georgetown a few times over the years, we have never really explored the lake itself. I feel like we have found heaven. The water is absolutely beautiful. I'll just leave this post at that and let you see for yourself....

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bue Hole

With the temps reaching triple digits, Toby and I decided to kill two birds with one stone and hike close to a water source. After all, we don't have our fancy pool anymore so we have to go in search of watering holes now.

We hiked the Picket Trail on the San Gabriel River. Luckily, the hike is mostly shady, but we did walk a stretch that was full sun. The water felt really good to cool off in and I even got my first burn of the season.

GRANDMA'S CORNER

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...