McKinney Falls is the located right outside of Austin, TX. It is very popular with the locals because of its close proximity to the city and it has plenty of hiking, camping, and two beautiful water falls! There is a upper and lower falls that are both popular little swimming holes. We’ve been both camping and hiking at McKinney and it’s always a good time. Continue reading Trip Report: McKinney Falls State Park
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Trip Report: Colorado Bend State Park
We’ve been trying to decide where we want to camp at next, so we set out on a day trip to Colorado Bend State Park. It’s about a two hour drive for us so it wasn’t too bad to make a day trip out of it. We packed our lunches, snacks, water, and our puppies into the car and drove off down the road! We actually really enjoyed the drive up to the park. It was very beautiful. Continue reading Trip Report: Colorado Bend State Park
Gallery: Colorado Bend State Park
Interesting sign just. Should really just say don’t get out of your vehicle or run over our cows.
Colorado Bend Entrance and self pay station
Gormon Falls trail head
The steep climb down to the Gorman Falls
Where the water from Gormon Falls meets the Colorado.
The Falls
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Trip Report: Big Bend National Park
The beautiful Big Bend National Park, located along the border of Mexico and Texas! It is one of the best national parks in the United States and it is only about a 6 1/2 hour drive from Austin, TX. So we headed out on an adventure one October day in 2014. Continue reading Trip Report: Big Bend National Park