Over the weekend of April 3rd and 4th, we went to Lake Georgetown for a backpacking trip.

https://georgetown.org/pdfs/LakeGeorgetownSanGabrielRiverTrailGoodwaterLoop.4Oct07.pdf

We hiked from the Russell Park Campground trail head to the Tejas Camp Campground.  This section is 6 miles one way.  There is a primitive camp, walnut camp, on the way to Tejas.  Walnut camp was really cool, but we already had a plan in place.

We saw lots of amazing things on our hike.

One of the amazing sights that we saw was the cave below.  We saw this natural crevice as we stopped to let the little man(Wile)rest

We had an amazing view of the river from the trail.This was the best view of the river,besides the river crossing farther up the trail.

This was the most perfect Indian paintbrush I’ve ever seen.We saw it at the Tejas campground.There mere millions of them!

We camped at the Tejas Camp Campground which was nice as it had water and the best smelling vault toilets on the planet.  🙂

We hiked back from Tejas Camp to Russell camp on Saturday.  The hike back was 6 miles, making our round trip roughly 13 miles.

Once back at Russell, we fired up the grill and had some steaks that we left behind as a reward.  We had a dinner of juicy steaks, crispy brussel-sprouts, and grilled sausage.It was both delicious and refreshing after a long, hard, hike.

If you are looking for a cool backpacking experience in the Austin area, take a look at Lake Georgetown and San Gabriel River Trail / Goodwater Loop.

Peace-out!   :=])