Lake Tawakoni spiderwebs

During a trip to Lake Fork over Labor Day weekend, we decided to make the short trip to Lake Tawakoni State Park - home of the spiderwebs that have been in the news lately. This was somewhat of an illogical move on my part, since I am terrified of the kinds of things that get caught in spiderwebs.

Anyway, there had been a lot of rain and wind at the time, so the webs were actually not as glorious as in the newscasts. But they were still covering everything in sight, and you get a slightly uneasy feeling walking into their lair (kind of like that dream where you're rolling the big donut, and there's a snake in a vest).


Park rangers were standing by with photos of the webs and info about the spiders. There was a very foul stench from all the decaying bugs caught in the webs. On a side note, this provides an excellent scapegoat in case you decide to do some 'crop dusting'.


We decided to split after walking through the web area, but managed to catch an awe-inspiring glimpse of nature on the way out. This horse was going through the throes of defecation, evidenced by his other-wordly gaze (and raised tail):


The Texas Parks & Wildlife site has some good pics of the webs at their prime - click here.