Cedar Hill State Park

Cedar Hill State Park October 17-19

On Friday, we headed just south of Dallas to Cedar Hill State Park.  We setup on campsite 142 and had a partial view of Joe Pool Lake. Our site was secluded with lots of trees all around, unfortunately we could still here a dog barking all night and a kid screaming. We could also hear the traffic from Beltline Rd as well. We were on a large hill above the lake and the boys rode their scooters downhill. Josh was going too fast and "decided to bail." So he skinned up his knees, elbows, and hands. We went on a short hike and played several games of bean bag toss. The weather was awesome all weekend with highs around 75 and lows near 60. On Saturday Jake had a soccer game so we drove back for the game(1hr) then back out to the campsite where we had dinner and too many smores. Molly joined us and lead the way on our hikes. She seems to enjoy camping, or maybe just like it better than staying home alone.

Huntsville State Park

We went on a quick camping trip to Huntsville State Park. We arrived on Thursday evening and setup in site 22 on Lake Raven in the Raven Hill campsites. (14, 15, & 19 would be great spots for the future). On Friday, the boys met a neighbor named Max and they had fun playing  baseball, chess, homerun derby, and getting the dogs together to play(Molly & Quincy).  In the afternoon we went to the other side of the lake to canoe for an hour and a little fishing. Our first 2 minutes in the canoe proved to be exciting as we didn't anticipate having to balance the boat to stay upright. Luckily we caught our balance before tipping completely over. We rowed to our campsite and then fished in the middle of the lake with no bites. Once we were back on shore we fished from the dock and I caught a small fish. Today we hiked with Max and his Mom. We packed up after lunch and headed home.

Brazos Bend State Park

We camped for 3 nights at Brazos Bend State Park. Jill was able to stay the first night but had head back home for work the next day. This park has tons of hiking trails including a trail that circles a swamp area with alligators. We saw 7 alligators overall and numerous other birds and ducks. Our campsite was 104 and we probably hike on only half of the trails. The weather started out rainy on the first day and each night it was down to 40 degrees but the last day and a half the temp moved up to 65 and 70 degrees.
This park is only 1 hr from our house and is located very close to the SW Houston suburb of Sugarland.