Where the Rest of Us Trail Run

If you live in Colorado you have the Rockies. California has the Sierras. The East Coast has the Appalachian Tail. The rest of us, well, we make do. It's a four hour drive from the RGV to anywhere in the Hill Country, ten to Big Bend. So, I make do. Sometimes I run the service roads that run along the irrigation canals that crisscross the Valley. After a few rains, the canals can look almost park-like.