TOM MAYS NATIONAL PARK IN TEXAS
Highlights:
Hike up a desert arroyo to a mountain cave.
Near: El Paso, TX
Distance: 1.43 miles round trip
Elevation Gain: 500 ft
Hike Time: 1 hours
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Condition: Well maintained trail
HikeType: Out and Back
IF YOU LIKE HIKING THIS PARK IS TRUELY FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY
TODAY WE WENT TO TOM MAYS NATIONAL PARK IT IS LOCATED IN THE FRANKLIN MOUNTAINS. WE WENT TO GO HIKING HUBBY, ME, AND OUR ELEVEN YEAR OLD DAUGHTER. THE COST TO ENTER THE PARK IS $4.00 FOR PEOPLE OVER 12 YEARS OF AGE, 12 AND UNDER FREE.
AS WE ENTERED THE PARK WE DROVE AND CAME UPON THE RANGER STATION THEY WERE GETTING READY FOR THIER DAY IT WAS 9 A.M. WE PAID OUR ADMISSION AND DROVE TO OUR DESTINATION THE AZTEC CAVES. WE HAD PACKED A PICNIC LUNCH OF SANDWICHES, GRAPES, BANANAS, CHIPS, FRUIT DRINKS, TRAIL MIX, AND WATER. THE SLIDESHOW WILL SHOW YOU OUR ADVENTURE ON OUR HIKE. WE SPENT A TOTAL OF 3 HOURS AT THE PARK HIKING UP TO THE AZTEC CAVE, LUNCH, HIKE AT THE WILDLIFE OBSERVATION AREA. THE HIKE WAS NOT EASY BUT WAS NOT IMPOSSIBLE, THE TRAIL IS VISABLE AND COVERED IN GRAVEL AND ROCKS. ALONG THE TRAIL WE OF COURSE SMELLED SKUNK THANK GOODNESS HE DID NOT FIND US. WE SAW AMAZING DESERT PLANTS AND BIRDS. THERE WAS A VERY NICE BRIDGE TO CROSS OVER THE DRY RIVER CREEK BED. I WOULD SAY THE HARDEST PART WAS THE LAST FIFTY FEET GOING UP TO THE ACTUAL CAVE ENTRANCE. WHEN WE REACHED THE CAVE WE EXPLORED AND HAD OUR WATER AND TRAIL MIX. WHEN WE DECIDED TO DECEND BACK DOWN THE VIEWS WERE EVEN MORE AMAZING TO SEE HOW FAR WE HAD ACTUALLY COME, I WAS SO PROUD OF US TO HAVE ACCOMPLISHED THIS TRAIL. WHEN WE FINALLY CAME DOWN THE MOUNTAIN WE HAD OUR LUNCH AND AFTER MY DAUGHTER FOUND A TEE-PEE SOMEONE HAD MADE AND LEFT THE INNER STRUCTURE. THEN WE WENT TO THE WILDLIFE OBSERVATION HUT, WHERE YOU CAN WATCH BIRDS, RABBITS AND MORE INSIDE THIS HUT WERE BOOK FILLED WITH REAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF WILDLIFE THAT HAD COME THERE AND A JOURNAL FOR US TO FILL IN AND MAKE OUR COMMENTS. WHILE WE WERE LEAVING THE NATIONAL PARK WE ALL AGREED WE WOULD LOVE TO HIKE MORE AND EXPLORE. WE ALSO REALIZED THAT HIKING WAS EDUCATIONAL, FUN, FAMILY MEMORIES, SELF ACCOMPLISHMENT, GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH AND RELAXING.
THE LINK BELOW IS WHERE I FOUND HIKING AREAS IN MY TOWN.
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