Guadalupe River

We have spent the last couple of days in  the Guadalupe River State Park near San Antonio.  The once lush prairie is now covered with live oak and cedar trees which house lots of birds, coons, foxes and deer. A ranger led hike in the Honey Creek State Natural Area helped us to recognize the live oak, white oak, and persimmon trees as well as bald cypress along the river banks.  He pointed out deer and coon tracks, scat from coons and fox and other natural wonders.

Today John and I hiked almost four miles on the cliff tops overlooking the river and the forests and hills on the opposite banks of the river.  This park must be packed during the summer months as there is plenty of access to the river from the shore where kids can wade and splash around in the cool shadows of the many trees.

The weather is due to turn really nasty on Monday so we will head to the city to escape the worst of it (we hope).