31 January 2018 – Back to McKinney Falls State Park as a Day Trip

 

Maverick at the Lower Falls part of McKinney Falls
Enjoying a beautiful afternoon at Lady Bird Park in Austin

Today we decided to go back to McKinney Falls. We decided to go back mainly so we could use their showers. In our current Fleet Maintenance location we aren’t hooked up to sewer so managing our gray and black tank levels is important. We discovered there is a dump station in the Fleet lot, however, maneuvering the coach to the dump station and back is non-trivial in this crowed lot. Instead of hassling that we decided the showers at the park were a better deal. The park is only about 10 minutes away and Maverick loves the trails.
First thing, we repeated the falls hike we enjoyed before. This time however we took the “Shelter Rock” loop which is pretty cool and also hiked further to the lower falls. We discovered that on our last visit we came close but not quite to the actual lower falls. I’m glad we revisited that area and got to enjoy the lower falls.

 

After the Hike we used the campground showers. They were really nice with a heater in the shower area. Good hot water and dressing bench.
Once we were all cleaned up we departed the park and headed to lunch at Javi’s Tex Mex.  Javi’s was a very good meal and quite affordable.
After lunch we made a Wal-Mart run and brought refrigerated goods back to the Coach.  Then on to Lady Bird lake. At the lake we setup our chairs and read books, walked Mav and just enjoyed a beautiful day.