Bluebonnet Love reports on what it considers the top bluebonnet hotspot for 2014. See videos at 2014 Field of Dreams | Spicewood Bluebonnet Alert! | Texas Bluebonnet Sightings.
We are declaring this Texas Bluebonnet field at the Lower Colorado River Authority’s (LCRA) Muleshoe Bend Recreation Area the 2014 Texas Bluebonnet Field of Dreams. There is no one photo or video that can capture this bluebonnet field. It is a “take the kids out of school” kind of Texas Bluebonnet field.
The Texas Bluebonnets line the shoreline of Lake Travis for a least a mile in one, HUGE, thick blanket. And the cool thing? There are dirt roads that have been there way before the bluebonnets and y’all can actually drive on the road amongst the bluebonnets. We have never seen anything like this before — and we’ve seen a lot of bluebonnet fields.
If you live in DFW, in Houston, in San Antonio — heck! even if you live outside of Texas — this field is well worth it! El Paso and West Texas Peeps: it’s even worth it for y’all!
If you’ve seen Mach Road in Ennis, Texas, we gotta say this one is different and to some people, better. Why? Because you get to commune with the Texas Bluebonnets. There not a fence one between you and the bluebonnets. And no hiking is required either.
We were at this Texas Bluebonnet field on Friday, April 18, 2014, and there were spots that were going to seed and were definitely on the way out and there were spots that were at peak. We believe this field will be good until at least the weekend of April 26th unless weather conditions or humans ruin it.
And in a drought that has lasted several years and definitely put a damper on the Texas Bluebonnets, the flowers are of average height — that means they’re up to y’all’s knees. Yes, that’s what a Texas Bluebonnet should look like.
There is a $5 PER person entrance fee to the Recreation Area but it is well worth it.
Wildflower Haven adds:
I went out to see the bluebonnet fields at Muleshoe Bend Recreation Area yesterday. Ran into Johnny out there and it was nice to actually meet someone who posts on this website. The fields were very large and it was quite a sight to see. The bluebonnets are dropping seedpods and probably won’t be around much longer. It’s supposed to get hotter this week, as well. I would recommend that anyone who wants to see them get out there as soon as they can. Also, I had no idea where this place was and got poor directions from Google maps. Once I put the address of this park (which I got off their website) into Mapquest, I got very good directions. It is close to Marble Falls and I took a left on County Rd. 413 off of Hwy 71 near the 281 interchange and coming from that direction. CR 413 is just under 10 miles from 281 & 71. Then, I turned right on CR 404 and then left on CR 414 and it is on CR 414 where Muleshoe Bend Dr. comes in. I am including a link to my facebook photos, but also have downloaded a few from New Berlin Church Rd, where I went on Friday. The Muleshoe Bend photos are at the end of the album. As far as Church Rd, the field by the church is still pretty. I also found some flowers out there that I’m not sure what they are. They look like wild irises, maybe. There is a photo of them in the album. Just was wondering if anyone knew what they were.
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