Wandering a trail at Huntsville State Park.

After lunch yesterday, we decided to head up to Huntsville State Park and take a walk. My wife and I and our youngest dog really enjoyed the walk. I have a yearly Texas State Parks pass and it was such a nice day, why not? This time, we walked an old familiar trail which we had walked a few times before. There are a lot of trails and next time maybe we will try some other ones.

Yes, I took pictures and I will put a few of them on here for you to see. First is an unusual looking tree. I have seen trees with large holes in them but I this one has both a front door and a rear door:

 

Here is our little Gizzy leading the way:

 

 

My wife standing beside a typical large pine tree.  Those are beautiful trees and the State Park preserves them from the logging industry:

 

 

In a partial clearing, the shrubs and bushes can get enough light to survive, too:

 

 

A wading bird stands on the edge of a water lily patch waiting for a fish to come out of hiding:

 

 

Underneath the large pines, nothing seems to grow:

 

The large water plants have about swallowed the wood duck nesting box:

 



In the above picture the dirt at the shoreline has been all dug up.  I wonder if the alligators did that or if wild hogs are involved.  I didn't see any tracks to verify hogs so maybe it was the alligators.

That is all for today.  I plan to put more pictures on but don't want to bore you with too many in one day.  We had a great day and enjoyed it very much.  Now, we want you all to have a great day today, you hear?