Lake Ray Roberts is our default destination for outdoor activities for Memorial Day weekend (2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2017) if we don't go to other places. The Lake Ray Roberts trip is always a multi-family event, include hiking, BBQ, swimming or wading water, and frequently camping.
Last Sunday we went to Lake Ray Roberts with 4 other families.
The first surprise of the day was the long line at the park entrance on Sunday morning, after 10am. We have been to the park so many times, had never waited in the long line to get in! Looking back, we always went to the park on Saturdays. It could be the hot weather, or our arrival after 10am ....another reason could be related to the majority of park goers on this day, more than 60% of the park goers are Mexican families, many of which work in landscaping, construction and they work on Saturdays.
After setting up tent, all kids went fishing with two dads. The rest eight adults went hiking.
We hiked, as usual, on the Randy Bell Scenic Trail, the paved 4 km (2.5 miles) long loop trail. A good portion of the trail is shaded. I thought about changing the trail to Jordan trail, but decided against it due to longer round (4 miles), and uncertainty about if the trail is shaded or not.
The sky was so blue, the cloud was so white. The landscape is so much greener than past years, due to good rain and controlled burns in Spring. Flowers were here and there. Birds were chirping in the woods, and there were many deer running around - I saw three groups of deer, total of 8 deer!
It was a very pleasant hike despite the high temperature.
After the hike and fishing, we feasted on ice-cold watermelon before having a late BBQ lunch. The last action of the day after BBQ was swimming and wade water. I was the only one who swam, the rest only waded water by the edge of the water. I swam to the floating boundary and rested on the floating line for a few minutes enjoying the cool water. It was quiet out there, except the faded boisterous noise from children playing in the water near the shore - full of energy and excitement.
No plan of camping this time, we packed up and left for home at ~ 4:30pm.
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