Canyon Lake

We had planned to go to the beach today, but with a high of 60 and wind gusts up to 33 mph, we decided to save it for another day. So we headed northeast about a half-hour to Canyon Lake and went hiking with Bridget. It was a beautiful day for it...sunny and about 65.

This is a view of the lake from the dam, those are sailboats to the right.

Bridget checking out the water (it was amazingly clear, probably because of the rock bottom). It was too cold for her to jump in too much.

The lake is reportedly down about 20 feet due to a drought. That's the water line on the dam.
Another view of the lake from the dam. We really couldn't have asked for a better day, and the scenery was very picturesque with all of the rocks and hills.

This is the Guadalupe River coming through the other side of the dam.

Walking along the top.

Walking along a rock ledge on the lake shore. The water was about 15 ft below, and the water line was about 5 feet above the ledge, which matches what we heard about the lake being down about 20 feet. It's a perfect fishing spot, and we plan to go back.

Scott managed to skeeter around this boulder on the very edge of the ledge by holding onto the top. He then looked back and said, "C'mon Bridget!" And Bridget looked at him like, "What, are you nuts?" She went around the top.

Look how blue the sky is!

This looked like a perfect diving platform, but short of bringing a rope ladder with you, there didn't seem a way to get back up. It's hard to tell in the picture but the water is still about 15 feet below the ledge. Although we were bummed to put off going to the beach, we couldn't have picked a better day to explore the lake and we'll definitely have to go back to explore more and go fishing. It was just a perfect day for hiking and exploring and we had a great time! Bridget was especially tired after a long day, but we still stopped at Dairy Queen on the way back where she got a small dish. Bridget likes ice cream very much.