This past week, Mr. W and I made a short trip to the hill country. Mr. W has a cousin, Buddy, who lives right outside of Georgetown, TX (in the hill country) and Buddy has been after us to come to their house to visit and to also take a short trip together. So, we arrived at Buddy's house last Tuesday, we spent the night, and we all left on Wednesday to go to a RV resort on Lake Buchanan to stay until Sunday.
Buddy and his wife, Stella, built a really nice house on 5 acres. They also have a nice pool, a "shop" (which is big enough to park his 42 ft. toy hauler in), and recently he built a small house for his Mom and Dad to live in. His driveway on this acreage is plenty big enough for us to pull in and he installed a plug so we can plug in when we get there. It was nice to get there, get plugged in, cool off in the pool, AND Stella made dinner for us. We were about ready to say the heck with Lake Buchanan, we want to stay at Camp Buddy!
We stayed at a place named Big Chief RV Resort. Mr. W found out that the previous owners had filed bankruptcy 2 years ago and the present owners had just bought the place a year ago. They have done a lot of "fixing up" the place, but there is still work to do. I really can't say that I noticed that it needed a lot of work. They have redone the pool and it is very nice. They have 2 bathhouses that have 2 rooms in each. Each is like its own private bathroom. The toilet, sink, and shower are all in 1 room together. The consensus was that they were nice and clean but they were hot because they did not have a/c in them.
They also have a sprinkler system in the ground, but according to one of the maintenance guys, it has not been run in years. That is one of the things on their list. The only big negative I saw was the millions and jillions of grass burrs! You couldn't walk anywhere without getting your shoes covered in them and they got in your RV and if you towel fell off the drying rack, you guessed it.......They are trying to do something about them too.
Central Texas has been suffering from drought for the past few years and several of the big lakes have been VERY low. This place has a boat ramp and in years when the water is plenty, you can back your boat down the ramp. This year, you had to drive down the boat ramp and around several bends to where the water was to launch but you could. There are places on Lake Travis where you couldn't get to water if you tried. So, I would recommend this place and would go back there any time.
Buddy had reserved our sites and they offer "buddy" sites (no pun intended) where 2 people camping together can pull in where your doors are facing each other. That's what we did. Most mornings and some evenings, we would let Buddy's garage down on his toy hauler and sit and drink coffee or talk and enjoy watching the lake and the sunset.
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| Lake Buchanan |
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| Buchanan Dam |
However, by noon, we were looking for water to cool off. In case I haven't told you this, it is HOT in Texas in August! When you are looking for a way to stay cool in Texas in August, look for a Texas waterhole. We have lots of them and most are pretty places.
We first went to Inks Lake. There is a state park at Inks Lake and if you ever get that way, that's a good state park to stay in. They have water and electricity but no sewer. They also have a swimming hole named Devil's Waterhole and it is nice! You can float on tubes, you can float on floats, you can bring a boat in there, and you can jump off the rocks.
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| Me and Stella walking to Devil's Waterhole with our tubes. |
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| Boy did the water feel good! |
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| People jump off the rocks behind us into the water. Usually the shore across from the rocks is full of people cheering on those brave enough to jump. |
The next day we decided to go to Colorado Bend State Park. This is a relatively new state park and you can wilderness camp there. But, they have a swimming hole named Spicewood Springs where you can go cool off. None of us had ever been there, so we decided why not? You do have to hike back to it and the hike is half a mile. Now, half a mile isn't much, UNLESS it is 108 degrees and there is no shade or breeze. By the time we reached it, we were about to melt and the water felt good. It wasn't very big and it was really slippery but it was one of those rare places that not many people were there because not many people know about it. One day the state plans to add regular camping to this state park. I'm sure when that happens, this won't be a rare place anymore.
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| Along the road as you drive into the park |
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| This is the entrance to the park. I did the unpardonable. I did not check my battery life on my camera and it was dead. So, no pics of Spicewood Springs. |
We decided to go to a place called Krause Springs. You have to pay $7 pp to get in. When we got there, there was no place to park. That should have been our first clue. We finally found a place to park and walked up to where you enter. The line was really long and they had 3 people taking your money. Mr. W asked if he could go check it out before we paid. He did and we didn't go in. He said there wasn't anywhere to float or move for that matter. People were having to stand in the water to have a place in the water. This was on Saturday. We should have gone there during the week. Next time, we will know.
We spent one day just hanging out at the pool at the RV resort. It was a nice pool, the water was nice and cool and it was close to our 5W. So, when you got hungry or you needed a nap, you didn't have far to go.
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| Mr. W, Stella and Buddy |
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| Buddy and Stella Notice the Big Chief on the rocks |
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| Stella, Buddy, and me |
We had a great time and can't wait to go with Buddy and Stella again. We ate and laughed and ate and swam and ate and slept and ate........ On second thought, maybe I need to diet for awhile before we go with them again!
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