Lake Livingston State Park, Livingston, TX

Lake Livingston State Park, Livingston, TX

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As many of you know, Livingston Texas is where we officially live. We travel here to take care of business at the tax assessor’s office as well as to vote. Exercising our privilege to vote, in person, was the reason for this trip. When here previously we have stayed several times at Escapees Lands End and we have stayed at the nearby Onalaska KOA. Both are nice parks and have several good points for staying there but we wanted to try something different this time and we weren’t disappointed. Lake Livingston State Park is one of the nicest state parks we have stayed in while in Texas.

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Blue Water RV Resort, Freeport, TX

Blue Water RV Resort, Freeport, TX

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The Blue Water Resort is on a barrier island (also known as Follets Island) between Freeport Texas and Galveston Texas. This area is very close to where explorer Cabeza de Vaca was believed to have come ashore in Texas in November 1528. Not unlike other coastal areas we have visited, the area has been the victim of several hurricanes including three this year that caused some destruction and erosion of the beach. Beaches in this part of Texas are known to be less inviting than other areas of the gulf including Florida, Alabama and even south Texas but they were less inviting this year because of the storms. Unlike other coastal areas we saw some unexpected things here including cactus growing in and near the beach areas, cattle grazing in fields on the barrier island, and rattlesnakes. Although we didn’t personally see any of the rattlers, two were spotted in the park while we were there. We were glad we didn’t run into any.

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Whispering Oaks RV Park, Weimar, TX

Whispering Oaks RV Park, Weimar, TX

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While staying at the Brazos Bend State Park hurricane Delta formed near Cuba. For the second time in two years (we had a close encounter with hurricane Dorian in Florida last year) we were facing a close call with a hurricane. The forecast looked like we should be ok as long as Delta followed the forecast but much movement west could have put us in a bad place with no where to go. Since Brazos Bend is already in the middle of a swamp and there were large (sometimes unhealthy) trees over our rig, we decided it would be best to move a bit further west.

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Brazos Bend State Park, Needville, TX

Brazos Bend State Park, Needville, TX

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Wow, Brazos Bend State Park is just gorgeous. The park is very remote and so lush with massive oak, pecan and many other trees with Spanish moss hanging in them. Upon entering for our 2 week stay, we were surrounded with swamps, five lakes, many hiking trails leading all over the park and lots of wildlife including alligators! Yes, we saw over 30 alligators while hiking around the lakes. Thank goodness our campsite was well away from the lakes so we did not have to check for alligators constantly.

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Cranes Mill Park (COE), Canyon Lake, TX

Cranes Mill Park (COE), Canyon Lake, TX

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We spent 2 weeks at Cranes Mill Park on Canyon Lake as our first stop after Johnson Creek where we had stayed put for six months while waiting for COVID-19 to improve. Cranes Mill and Canyon Lake had been highly recommended by our new friends Darrell and Kay who we met at Johnson Creek as well as several others. There aren’t a lot of trees in the park but we couldn’t have picked a better time to be there. Eleven out of the fourteen days we spent there were were fairly cool for Texas in mid-September. In the evenings with a north breeze it actually got a bit cold and we were able to enjoy three campfires.

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