Hike along the Good Water Trail around Georgetown Lake

This afternoon I hiked about 2.5 miles along the Good Water Trail from the trailhead in Cedar Breaks Park to the Crockett Gardens. I was intending to hike with the Austin Hikers Meetup group. However, about the time I needed to leave the house a heavy rainstorm (complete with lightning and thunder) started up. So I put off the walk for several hours, and finally did it solo.

I made it to the trailhead about 1 PM. It was a very nice crushed granite trail at the start, and gradually changed to a single dirt track (today it was a mud track) through the woods. My hiking boots did not do very well on the ice in Colorado last winter, but they worked well today. Here is the Motionbased account of the path I followed:



The trail was still very wet from the previous rain. Here is a picture of some of the flatter sections of the trail.

After about two and a half miles I came to some old farm ruins called Crockett Gardens; a short distance away was Knight Spring. Here are some pictures of the farm ruins.

Follow this link for more information about the farm.

Here is a link to all the photos. (Sorry for the poor quality. My good camera was on the fritz so I had to use my cell phone. The sky was too bright, so I was pointing and shooting without seeing what was on the display.)