On a whim, I decided to head to St. Edwards Park, again. Like last time, I was sidetracked, but this time, I actually made it to the park. However, I made it there just an hour before the park closed. I headed towards the sunset, figuring I would find a trail to the beach. On the way there I stopped to take a picture of the the old seminary building. It is quite cool, I loved the bricks and the old-school style windows (ok, every architectural design buff in the world just cringed with that description. sorry?)
I found a trail, which, I guessed went to the beach. I had no idea. I didn't know where it would be going. It was a nice, wide trail, so I threw my camera in the bag and jogged down it, figuring that daylight would be zipping away and it would be better to gain some time on the way down then have to super scramble the way back up.
After about 10 minutes of winding, I realized that I could be on a very long trail. It was lovely; I enjoyed the fresh air and watching the warm tones from the sunset glow behind the trees. I figured I would just stop right there on the trail and take pictures from there. When in Rome...
I tried to catch the sun behind the trees, but really, the camera (or specifically, the camera operator) could not capture the beautiful colors. I started to take pictures of the trail itself when all of a sudden my camera became unresponsive. I thought that maybe I had mistakenly set up a really long shutter length, but even turning my camera off didn't help. I ended up taking the battery out, reinserting it, only to get a message that, sadly, my battery had died.
A few hikers were coming up the trail then, so I asked how far until the beach. They said it was only about another 10 minutes or so, that I was about half way there. Hmm, what to do? Given that my battery had died, the mosquitoes were killin me & I was without my trusty flashlight, I decided to call it good.
Maybe the third time will be a charm?
St. Edward's Park, Seminary Building
The Half-Way There Stopping Point
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