I love winter in Texas. It could be 20 degrees one day and warm and sunny the next. Currently, it is about 72 degrees outside, bright blue sky, no clouds to be seen and well, just plain glorious making today the perfect day for my first
weekly adventure.
Weekly Adventure Destination #1: drive down River Road to
Canyon Lake and find a hike, or something, to do. River Road is a winding road that follows the Guadalupe River from New Braunfels to Canyon Lake, a man made reservoir on the Guadalupe, approximately 16 miles away. There are multiple outfitters along the river that rent tubes to float in the spring and summer, all closed for the winter season making the drive easy and traffic free. (Once it warms up, I will be floating the Guadalupe as one of my adventures as I've never done it!) I didn't know exactly where I'd go once I reached Canyon Lake, as the last time I drove through the area, I was approximately 8 years old. Luckily, I found the South River Trail, a nice 2.5 mile nature trail along the Guadalupe River and then went up to an overlook on Canyon Lake and walked across the dam. Got my 100 minutes of hiking and walking in and went somewhere I've never been before. 'Twas a perfect day! Sure beat sitting inside staring a computer all day. Enjoy!
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| River Road |
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| Houses along the river |
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The Guadalupe
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| Stumbled across a nature trail! |
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| Self portrait |
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| The Guadalupe, again |
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| The side of the Canyon Lake dam |
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| On top of the dam overlook |
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| Perfect walking distance! |
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| A beach |
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| Gorgeous view |
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| It says "Canyon" in case you can't see real good |
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