On our way out of New Braunfels last night, we decided to take a ride out to Canyon Lake. It’s about 20 miles north west of the town. We took FM 306 to get out there, then FM 2673 toward the south end of the lake, then an access road called Access Road. That leads up to the face of the huge earthen dam area. It’s quite nice, with a big lake. Here’s a video of the dam area.

It was starting to get dark (around 8:15) so we headed out. We back-tracked out to FM 306 again, this time headed north west a bit to see Canyon City, which appeared to consist of a bar and some tubing places. Ahead of me I saw what appeared to be another face of the dam. Holy shit, I thought, this thing is gigantic. As I turned, I realized I’d made a big circle and was back on Access Road again. We had a big laugh over that (check out a Google Map, it will make sense).

Now that we had driven on Access Road twice, we decided to go straight south east out from FM 2673. The road becomes River Road, a 16 mile stretch of road that follows the Guadalupe River. It’s really an interesting ride, with some parts looking like Puerto Rico and other parts looking like Wears Valley, TN.

There are quiet parts, but near the river crossings (you cross over the river four times) there are a ton of tubers, campers, RV sites, and so on. There were are TON of people out there, camping out along the river. A very busy vacation / weekend spot, for sure. (It was dark by now, so we couldn’t take any video.) We both came to realize why the Canyon Lake area is so popular. It’s very hilly, very green, and has a nice fast flowing river (with no motorboats) going through it. No dusty scrubland here, for sure.