Thursday, February 15, 2024

Quiet Day at the McKinney Falls S.P. and Nearby Area

Martha and I checked out the Upper McKinney Falls in the morning:


I liked the way the tree roots developed...


photo by Martha

We then headed into South Austin to check out a store called Uncommon Objects, which, in keeping with the Austin city motto of "Keep it Weird", offered a rather large assortment of such.

photo by Martha

photo by Martha

We left, managing to not buy anything.  To make it up to me, Martha then guided us to a food truck area nearby.  We were seeking and found a BBQ food truck recommended to us by our friends in Virginia.  Larry H. had in fact been so impressed with their BBQ he returned later to train under them to learn how to do BBQ!

photo by Martha

The BBQ and fixings were delicious.  We had the Flatiron Beef and Pulled Pork Hog with the sides being the House-made Kimchi and Pork Hash and Rice.  Yummy.

Hunger satisfied, we returned to the State Park to check out the Lower McKinney Falls.



photo by Martha

The rest of the afternoon was spent relaxing at the campsite.  Not a bad campground in terms of sites which include electricity and water.  There's decent separation of sites and it wasn't very full, the campground.

The sun never did make it past the thick overcast, but at least it was warm enough for t-shirt and shorts!  Though I did do some riding with Yagi, my TW200 around this state park, no pictures generated.  It was quite overcast most of the day and as you saw, not much to pose the motorcycle by....

Tomorrow, we head for the Houston area.

4 comments:

Coop a.k.a. Coopdway said...

T-shirt and shorts….sounds and looks good!!

CCjon said...

Glad it was warmer than it looks. Forecast says sunshine starts on Sunday.
That BBQ looks very good.

Drive careful around Austin, at least you won't have to drive through Houston to find us.


Oz said...

There are several good bbq places in and around Austin. Texas bbq is hard to beat. McKinney Falls SP looks great. Never camped there.
Good job of not spending money on so many great treasure in that store :)

redlegsrides said...

Coop, it was pretty nice...

CCjon, this trip thru Texas in Winter has been enlightening.
I think we'll be driving thru Houston though when going to League City.

Oz, yes Texas BBQ is delicious. Watch out for the surly young woman at the state park's gate, I think she's there as part of her court mandated community service.