andrewsageek's Log for Balcones Canyonlands NWR

andrewsageek's Log for
Balcones Canyonlands NWR - Doeskin Ranch

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User: andrewsageek - 1/6/2013

Great hike

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Miles Hiked: 4.00 Miles Elapsed Time: N/A

Comments: First time going to Balcones so we wanted to see as much as we could. Started out on Rimrock trail and connected with Shinoak and then Indiangrass trail making one huge loop around the Ranch. The scenery was pretty nice and open on Indiangrass. Rimrock was a nice hike up to a plateau by means of switchbacks. Only downside was a large family of ~10 that came in right behind us at the start of the hike. But, we let them pass and waited a bit; didn't see them again! Except for them, we only saw a family of four pass us going the opposite direction an hour later.

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