Well, we have had nothing of a winter here in South Texas. Today is January 7th and it is tank top worthy weather outside. This is good in some respects and in particular for camping purposes. I love camping, I love everything about it. From the heat of the fire at night, to the cool river water during the day. We normally drive roughly 4 hours to get into what is referred to as the Hill Country and yes it is very beautiful, but we recently discovered a local camping gem, Goose Island State Park. This Goose Island is about 45 minutes away from where we live and is tucked behind trees and surrounded by water, I have lived in South Texas for nearly 14 years and hard no idea how amazing this park is, and nearly half the price of where we normally go camping. So we are saving so much money in gas, night fee’s and it is right here at our disposal.
Here at Goose Island there is a 1000 ft pier you can fish from and when in any Texas state park you do not have to have a fishing license to fish. This is great for families. The fishing is pretty decent out there and it just doesn’t get much cheaper than this. They even have very nice camp spots right on the water, with a covered table, electricity and water, the only downside to these water spots is there is a lack of trees.
A problem we have here is that there is a major drought in Texas as we have gone through series of wild fires there is a burn ban, in fact you can not even use electric skillets for cooking. That really puts a cramp in our camping style. Without a fire, there just doesn’t seem to be much in line for camping, like having a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and not having jelly, it just doesn’t work. So I guess we’ll be keeping our eyes out for the burn ban to be lifted so we can go as a family and enjoy a camping adventure on goose Island.
