Town Lake Trail

We decided to check out a different section of the Town Lake Trail. We usually stick to the area between Barton Creek and the Congress Avenue Bridge, but today we started at MoPac and looped around at the Pfluger Pedestrian Bridge. It turned out to be a little over three miles. On the left is a photo from the area underneath the MoPac bridge. It looks like some type of game that marries water polo with kayaks, po-yak? kaya-lo? wat-ka-lo-yaking? Whatever it is, I'm sure this sport has an awesome name. Looks like fun.



On the north side of the lake we walked by the massive Austin High School campus with it's fields upon fields of various sports. While some parts of the trail are wide open and can be quite hot in the midday sun, there were also many parts that were well shaded and surrounded by trees. We eventually came to the pedestrian bridge and followed it around to Zilker Park. The photo on the right is a view from the bridge over Barton Creek. The bridge in the distance is Barton Springs Road.



At the corner of Zilker Park there is a cool place called Lou Neff Point Gazebo. Sadly, my pal Wikipedia let me down when I looked for info on Mister Neff but the City Of Austin homepage filled the void. According to the site: "Named for Lou Neff, who served alongside Lady Bird Johnson as a member of the Town Lake Beautification Committee, this scenic overlook is one of the most popular and beautiful areas in the city."