I really wish I thought about the lighting better when I took this picture so that you guys could see his face better. Mr. T has been working at Monahans State Park for the past 15 and he has such a fun, friendly character that I could see in his face too :)
Texas Family State Park Adventure
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
Monahans Sandhills State Park
I really wish I thought about the lighting better when I took this picture so that you guys could see his face better. Mr. T has been working at Monahans State Park for the past 15 and he has such a fun, friendly character that I could see in his face too :)
Monday, June 1, 2015
Abilene State Park
http://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/abilene
Friday, May 15, 2015
Heading out tomorrow!
What's up guys?!
Holy cow... So, we are leaving for this two week camping trip TOMORROW!!!
and I'm pretty stinking excited about it :D
Mom is finishing up the last little bit of shopping but other than that we're pretty much all packed up. All of our tents, bags, sleeping bags, and kitchen stuff is currently strewn about the living room. We plan on packing up the car tonight and the coolers and trailer tomorrow morning before we head out.
As far as meals go, since there are 7 of us we will have teams of two rotating every night for dinner and clean up. Breakfast and lunches are pretty easy so each of us are pretty much on our own as far as making whatever is planned for that day....
Aunt V and cousin E are joining the adventure as well :)
I will probably be too busy having fun or sleeping to post on here until we get back but I will have pictures on the Instagram page @texas_family_sp_adventure throughout the next two weeks so you can keep up with us there.
Also, I don't know how many of my followers use Snapchat but I'm debating on whether or not I should set up a tfspa Snapchat account.
Let me know what you guys think!
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Two week camping trip in May
Hey guys,
We have a two week camping trip planned for May!
We will be hitting about 10 state parks and 2 national parks over the two weeks.
Here's a basic layout of our plans. There is always a possibility of this changing.
1 night at Abilene SP
Visit Big Spring SP & Monahan SP
2 nights in Guadalupe National Park
Visit Carlsbad Caverns
2 nights in Hueco Tank SP
2 nights in Franklin Mountains SP
Visit Wyler Aerial Tramway SP
2 nights at a hotel in El Paso (laundry, restock food)
1 night at Balmorhea SP
Visit McDonald observatory
1 night in Davis Mountains SP
Visit Fort Davis
1 night in Seminole Canyon SP
2 nights in South Llano SP
And Casey will be coming with :)
All our reservations are made, now to figure out what we will be eating...
Friday, November 14, 2014
Ray Roberts Lake State Park Rating and Review
It was the first cold weather camp-out I've done but it was still fun :)
When I started this blog I know I was using a 5 star rating system but I sorta fell away from doing that so I'm going to try and stick with it for the rest of the parks.
I will be providing a review and/or rating for the bathrooms, campsite/cabin, Hiking/Biking trail difficulty, and the family activities.
Bathrooms - 4.8
The first thing I said when I walked into the bathrooms was"wow!"
No creepy crawlies, they had soap and a heater, which was super nice when you had to walk to the bathroom at 4am in 38 degree weather, and it was clean!
I will say that towards the end of the weekend some toilet paper did find its way to the floor but it was clean when we first got there!
The showers made me want to take a shower while we were there.
Yeah guys, I camp stinky style. No showers for me on weekend camp-outs. Judge me all you want but I don't feel the need to pack a towel, shampoo, body wash, and all the rest when I'm only gone for 2/3 days.
The reason I'm being weird and taking .2 off the rating is there was no hot water for the sinks... But the heater made up for it!! Just so you guys don't get worried, the showers did have hot water :)
Campsite - 5
We stayed at campsites 2-3 which were more like one big campsite.
There was a field nearby where we played frisbee. Beware of the anthills though!There were some big ones out there. Anyway, back to the campsite. There were not many options on places for me to set up my hammock but looking at the other campsites some of them had no trees altogether.
The bathroom was not super close to our campsite but it wasn't far away enough for us to feel the need to drive to it.
Hiking/Biking Trail Difficulty
We walked down one of the biking trails and it made me want to ride my bike on it.
We walked about two miles and it isn't a paved trail but its not super rocky. There were a few roots and rocks in the trail for tripping on if your not careful. Also, if you are walking down a biking trail one of the big things to watch out for is bikers.
Family Activities
We didn't do any of the activities the park had but I will tell you they were doing zumba in the morning, a nature journal thing, and a wildlife tracking class. The nature journaling looked really cool but at that time of day we were busy exploring the park.
I have some cousins that have been to the Isle De Bois park and here is what they have to say about it.
"We really like the lakeview sites, the fact they patrol often and enforce quiet time at night. We like the boat ramp for the most part, but sometimes it gets crazy as there isn't much supervision by park staff there.
Overall, we really like the park. We do wish they had sewer hookups for the campers, but they do have a dump station." "Oh...and I love seeing the deer! Tons of deer at Isle Du Bois!"
Although we didn't see any deer at the Johnson branch we heard a ton of coyotes both nights which I thought was really cool :)
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Ray Roberts Lake SP - Food and Pictures
"They're not burnt!" I love the slight camping burn flavor :) |
3 of 4 tents. I ended up not using mine (the one in the middle.) |
I love my Eno hammock!!! |
Just waiting for some food to be dropped... |
This is my favorite picture from this weekend :) |
He had a pretty big web. Found this little dude while walking around the park. |
This is the swimming area. It looked pretty low... And cold. |
Yes, we do bring devices to play on. Not all our time is spent on them though :) |
There were some cool mushrooms. |
We found these ones on or hike down the biking trail. |
Thursday, October 30, 2014
Going to Ray Roberts SP (and Colorado!!)
We will be marking Ray Roberts SP off of our list soon!
If you would like to join us on November 7-9 that would be awesome!
For a little more info on it check here
https://www.facebook.com/events/783227928404340/
Also, not SP related but still an adventure, I will be flying, alone and for the first time ever, out to Denver, Colorado for two weeks :D
So expect to see pictures probably in December :)
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
TFSPA Trailer
Our Texas family SP adventure trailer. It carries 3 paddle craft, 6 bikes, a large cooler, and camping gear. Now we can go on week long trips!
We still need to seal the side boxes, extend the coupler, and paint it.