As usual, Bob and I didn't travel far on this beautiful day. We went from Jasper, Texas to Georgetown, Texas. We didn't have reservations and were hoping that by arriving on a Thursday we would be able to get a site through the weekend. Well, luck was on our side. When we asked the park attendant if he had a site for us, he said just for the night...then his wife said she thought someone cancelled a reservation 10 minutes ago that would be good for us. YES! A site was available for the entire weekend. We took the site until Monday so we wouldn't be dumping with everyone leaving on Sunday. We easily found our site proceeded to get set up. The site had a bit of a slant to it, but Bob was able to get us level without the front tires coming off the ground.
As with most Corps of Engineer parks, the site was huge! The above picture was taken from our picnic shelter. You can see our shelter in the back left of this photo.
That afternoon we walked around the campground and found that there was a great trail that started near the park entrance. The trail wandered around Georgetown Lake and was 26.9 miles long! No, we won't do the whole trail, but we will walk several sections. So our plan for the next day was to hike part of the trail and find the caches along the way.
The next morning, we prepared for a long hike. We planned to walk at least 3 miles out on the trail and return.
Once we got to the lake, it was interesting to see the cactus growing near the lake. We were definitely in Texas Hill Country.
A little further down the trail, I saw the first wildflower of this trip. It was nestled in with a prickly pear cactus.
There were several spots along the trail with a good overlook of the lake.
That afternoon, we found Rentsch Brewery in Georgetown. It was a beer only tasting room with outside seating. We enjoyed the ambiance of the area before heading to Wally World to pick up a few groceries.
The next day we walked another portion of the trail. We started at the park entrance and walked to the dam that created Georgetown Lake. We veered off the trail to do some geocaching.
Someone had placed caches at the foot of a mesa. At first we thought they were on the mesa so we walked that trail only to discover all the caches were at the bottom. So, we hiked along the bottom of the mesa where there was no real trail just rocks and cacti, but we found all the caches.
At this time, we also realized that it was a three day weekend! We had forgotten about President's day, which meant everyone was going to be leaving on Monday, with us! Time to extend for a day! We were able to get our site for one more night so Tuesday would be our departure date.
On Sunday we needed to do laundry. As we left the campground, there was a long line waiting of RVs waiting to use the dump station! We were glad we extended! We found the local laundromat and did that necessary chore. While the clothes were washing, we walked around the historic section of Georgetown. After we got the clothes back to Sol, we headed toward Round Rock, Texas to eat lunch at
Flix Brewery. They weren't showing any movies we were interested in seeing so we just at lunch and enjoyed a brew.
Monday, we drove around the lake to explore the other parks on the lake and to grab some caches.
We enjoyed our stay at Cedar Breaks in Georgetown, but it was time to move on and get a little closer to Arizona. Texas sure is a big state!
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