Lake Houston State Park

Took the new gnome out on a trip to Lake Houston State Park. We got an early start and arrived around 8:00am. There was still dew on the ground and lots of spiderwebs glittened in the sunshine. Very few people were out and about. (one guy on a bicycle, and later two people with their hiking poles) Seeing the poles reminded us that we should have brought ours. The trail wasn't too uneven or hilly to even need the poles. We wandered along a hike/bike trail. It was starting to get warm so we thought we would go back. We came across the equestrian trail and decided to follow it back to parking area. It has not been used as much as the other trails. The plants have grown over the trail more and the spiders webs are all over the trails. At one point John invented the Spider Dance. He had a HUGE Banana spider crawling on him. He is asking me to get it off his back. All I could do is stand back in terror and utter "It's on you" over and over again. Other than the creepy spiders we saw a deer, a squirrel, lots of little lizards, cardinals, and a really noisy barking dog. As we were leaving we saw a couple launching a canoe under the bridge into Peach creek. It looked like fun. We need to do this sometime.