8/23/11

Frisco Commons

Mtn Lion

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:

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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.

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Veteran's memorial overlooking the pond.

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

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

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Off to the trails!

Map picture

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

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

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

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

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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).

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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.

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

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The bird looked out of place in the tree.

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

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Just like every where else in Frisco, rabbits are all over the place.  Great camo!P8180208



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