I found my way within Austin, TX to the Barton Creek Greenbelt, under the premise of seeing two named falls there, going by the aliases of Sculpture Falls and Twin Falls. Arriving at a trailhead, I was confronted by many signs, some of which were worrisome about leaving belongings in your car so you don’t get robbed on the train. This is after all, an urban hike, but that sucks to see. The trailhead showed an additional “The Falls” that I didn’t know existed prior to arrival. I also didn’t understand how large this greenbelt hiking area was before arrival, but several miles was the answer.
Slightly bewildered about the size of the place and worrisome about getting mugged, I set off toward Sculpture Falls. Here’s what the trail looked like on average.
I was no more than a half mile in when I got lucky and came across a pair of Texas State Park rangers hiking their way back to the trailhead. From what they told me, my hike to see Sculpture Falls, or the Twin Falls, or the mysterious “The Falls” was going to be fruitless because no water was flowing here at all. One of them said he remembered once when there was no water for seven years in a row. That goes well beyond trying to see a “seasonal waterfall” which I was expecting. So I aborted this quest, and am going to say it isn’t worth the effort, or the fight through Austin traffic to see. Here’s the blurb from their kiosk area about seasonal falls. The seven year commentary though, that was it, I was out.
