It is a stunningly beautiful location; South Texas' version of grandeur. The photos presented in this post give a glimpse at what one will see in this natural area. The canyon that opens the series is the Red Oak Canyon and the canyon near the end is the Bear Grass Canyon.
There is a dense tree canopy covering the canyon walls. In a future post, I will feature photos specifically of the magnificent trees.
When I parked the car, there was only one other vehicle in the paring lot. I had no sooner got out of the car and realized there was a red fox standing in the middle of the sidewalk next to the restroom and pavilion at the park entrance. I didn't have the camera ready to take pictures yet, but managed to get one photo as the fox ran into the underbrush beside the sidewalk:
The fox definitely caught me by surprise. I would have expected to have seen it in a wooded area further into the park. But it had probably come out of the woods to drink water from a small demonstration pool in the pavilion.
Then, not more than a hundred yards or so along the trail, a cottontail rabbit darted across the trail. Once again, I wasn't quite fast enough with the camera as the rabbit bounded headlong out of the frame:
When I was growing up, rabbit's tails were considered to be good luck charms, so maybe this photo is worth publishing after all.
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