The state park has eight trails called out on its trail map. Over the last three weeks, we've hiked all but one of them at least once, and most of them several times. Today we hiked the final trail on the list, Whispering Pines.
Here's the waterfall the CCC built.
The trail crosses a small stream and traverses a couple of ravines. We've had most of the trails to ourselves, but today we encountered a couple and their young son who said they had managed to get "lost." They had started out on one trail and ended up on another. They seemed to be having fun.
We went over to Dick and Carol's for a holiday dinner. Robert and Debbie and the kids arrived just as we were pulling up. It's been a while since we've had a chance to visit with Robert, and Debbie says life has been very hectic with the school year ending. Robby actually had a school field day today, even though it's a holiday. He attends a charter school which probably needs to make up for some bad weather days.
We had a delicious dinner. Carol had prepared salmon, lasagna, broccoli with cheese sauce (to entice the kids....), and spinach salad. We slaved over a hot stove. Oh, wait. Actually we picked up a veggie tray at Brookshire's as our contribution. Debbie is on a Paleo diet, and salmon and raw veggies are definitely on her list.Carol had made granola bars and special chocolate chip cookies sweetened with dates and bananas, plus she had a bowl of fruit. It was all good.
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After the Friths left, we were finishing our laundry when the weather took a sharp turn for the worse. Smith County was one of those under a flash flood warning and a tornado warning. Severe thunderstorms with hail and high winds were in the area.
A severe thunderstorm deluged Tyler, leading to rivers of water raging down Eagle St. Our truck was parked at the curb in front of the house, and it soon managed to trap several bags of trash and a couple of trash cans and even a microwave that had washed down the street! Once the storm abated, we packed up and went grocery shopping on the way home. It was a bit after eight o'clock when we were driving north toward our RV park. The western sky was a vivid orange red. All the rain created an unusual red sky.
We made it home safely, and our home was still here (not blown away or hit by lightning). We did hear later on the news that some of the neighboring communities had been hit quite hard. Again, we were lucky to dodge the worst of the storms.
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