We drove to McKinney Falls State Park, south of Austin Texas to do a short hike to the two waterfalls. Overall we hiked 1.6 miles and saw lots of wildflowers besides the two waterfalls.
We parked at the Lower Falls Trailhead, but headed towards the Upper falls first. We were so happy to see so many wildflowers in bloom, including the bluebonnets!
A natural rock shelter, that had been used in prehistoric times, although all the artifacts have been washed away by flooding.
View of the natural rock shelter from the other end
Onion Creek below the rock shelter:
Old Baldy, a bald cypress along the trail
Another view of Onion Creek
Upper McKinney Falls:
Onion Creek above Upper McKinney Falls
We saw lots of painted turtles below the Upper falls:
Near the Upper Falls is a large meadow filled with wildflowers
There were many of these butterflies in the meadow, the wings never stopped flapping.
Lower McKinney Falls:
Onion Creek a short distance above the lower fallssome of the wildflowers we saw along the trail today:
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