Happy New Year!
Four days in to the new year, and I can already tell 2020 will be better and different from the previous few years. To start off the New Year, I participated in The First Day Hike at Cleburne State Park in Cleburne. This activity is sponsored by The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, and is well-worth taking part in. In previous years, I would see this hike advertised in the TPWD magazine and usually tell myself I'll do this next year. Well, the time to do it was now...no more procrastination. Not knowing what to expect, I had no such expectations going in to the hike. To my surprise, there was quite a turn-out of people. The hike was short but sweet, and not very rigorous; however, I did slip and busted my "pride" due to wearing the wrong type of shoes. Thank goodness I have a lot of additional padding on my backside. Then, on Saturday, January 4th, I signed up for the Penintentiary Hollow Wild Walk at Lake Mineral State Par...