Blanco State Park, Blanco, Texas
Better a poor man whose walk is blameless than a fool whose lips are perverse. ~ Proverbs 19:1
It was a lovely, God-kissed day today! Although it began a little cool, we were comfortable in shorts, boots and long sleeves. And we were looking forward to entering Pedernales State Park (hope the hunters are gone now!), after being turned away the other day.
We had this notion that since they were closed for four days, and today was Friday, they’d be really busy, but they weren’t. Oh there were a few people there in one of the most delightful areas, but overall there weren’t many, and we spent the better part of six hours in the Park.
And so, we set out for Pedernales Falls.
It was a great place to explore and crawl around on the rocks! But there were pictures of what it can become during flash floods. Scary! And we saw evidence of that flooding. I tried to find out how often it floods, but all I could find were isolated incidents – the most recent major one being in May, 2019.
We hiked a bit more, until lunchtime.
Lunch found us river-side, and a gorgeous area that they advertise as being the swimming hole. What we saw didn’t entice us to swim, because it was only a few inches deep and full of rocks, but maybe that’s more than enough for those who live here – especially in the heat of the summer.
Reluctantly, we left to hit the trails again. We carried our walking sticks with us, but we didn’t really need them. Turned out, their idea of “challenging” didn’t mesh with ours. 😊
So as we were walking along today, I suddenly, for some unexplained reason remembered an old Girl Scout song (or at least we sang it in Girl Scouts). And of course, it remained stuck in my head for a very long time, playing over and over and over again, in time with my footfalls.
I love to go a-wandering
Along the mountain track
And as I go, I love to sing
My knapsack on my back
Valderi
Valdera
Valderi
Valdera-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
Valderi
Valdera
My knapsack on my back
If you happen to know this song, I know you’re having evil thoughts towards me right now. 😊