April 2009 after work easy walk

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User: sandew - 5/1/2009

Location: Balcones Park

Rating: 1star
Difficulty: 1star  Solitude: 1star
Miles Hiked: 2.00 Miles  Elapsed Time: 1 hour

Comments:

No water in the creek.  Very little water from the springs, guess because of the drought. 

he trails away from the creek go everywhere unmarked.  When went away from the creek on one of the trails, it lead to the volleyball & horseshoe area.  Couldn't find a well marked trail out to the parking lot/pool area. 

There needs to be trash cans in a lot of the areas other than the pool and playground, as there was a lot of trash.  Tires were near the turn-around area along with a lot of old lumber.  A trail map would be nice at beginning of the trail too. 



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