Frisco Commons

Highlights:  63 acres; 1 mile of paved trails; fishing pond; amphitheater; veteran's memorial; bbq grills; restrooms; mountain lions; grand pavilion; sweet forts; spray park

Lowlights:  Crowded, of course.

Weather:  Freakin' hot!

I've wanted to go to Frisco Commons park since learning it was infested with mountain lions that lurk in the wooded areas north of the paved trails.  In typical city-dwelling overreaction, I decided I would need some very specialized gear for this trek:

What can I say, I'm just not that scared of urban mountain lions.  Of course I would be if it was coming at me or stalking me or whatever, but I guess I'll just play the odds.  So, off to the park!

The grand pavilion is impressive and serves as a shelter for picnic tables and bbq grills.

Veteran's memorial overlooking the pond.

The amphitheater--I'm sure it's underutilized, unfortunately.

This gentleman was practicing his fly fishing technique.  TPWD stocks the pond with trout every winter.

 

Off to the trails!

The “overreaction to a mountain lion sighting” sign has been removed—guess the lion moved along.  This photo is from roughly a year ago.

I looked for cat tracks the first few times I went to the park, but eventually stopped; all I found were:

**In my professional, expert opinion, that is a domestic dog track. 

The next two pictures are of a really interesting looking tree.  Too bad the second picture blurred.

There is a series of mowed trails in the field north of the park.  I rarely see anybody out here (unless you go to the eastern boundary where it runs up up against back yards).

There are several areas like this one that are cleared out.  I know the park hosts camping  sometimes.  I wonder if this is a campsite.

Back towards the main park area, I saw this strange looking bird eyeballing me!

The bird looked out of place in the tree.

Other times, I’ve seen the same bird (or the same type of bird) fishing.

Just like every where else in Frisco, rabbits are all over the place.  Great camo!