On this beautiful May day morning, I visited white rock creek again, at Katie Jackson Park, near the intersection of North Dallas Toll Way and Bush Turnpike.
The park has a beautiful front part at the entrance, and the few people visited there this morning stick to this portion of the park. I went to the real trails in the woods and by the white rock creek. It did not disappoint!
A short distance from the trail head, the trail split, and left side is for hiking. Another short distance, I saw a sign "jump", and it led me to a big drop by the river bank.
The creek at this location is wide, and deep. Big white rocks and white rock river bank are dominant of the vista. I climbed down, and then got on a big rock in the stream. I meditated, sitting there, with eyes closed, listening to the running water, and the chirping of birds for five minutes.
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| Left for hike, right for bike |
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| The jump |
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| White rock river bed |
When I opened my eyes, a full duck family swam by in the creek, mom in the front, dad in the back, four ducklings in the middle, riding on the flow of the water.
An egret landed upstream from me, standing in the water, a couple minutes later, another larger egret landed there, driving the smaller egret out of the spot. Several ducks flew overhead in the downstream direction. The pair of egrets took off together shortly, flew downstream as well.
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| An egret |
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| a few large birds flew overhead |
The hiking trail is named yellow trail, which is well marked and well shaded. Portion of the yellow trail is parallel to the creek, the rest in the woods.
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| Yellow trail |
Despite in a high density housing area, i.e. area with apartment buildings, there are few hikers on the trail, I encountered 1 hiker and 1 group of hikers, and 4 bikers during my 4.5 km hike. The park is quiet, a place for solitude.
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