Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 21:22:09 -0500
Reply-To: "Kris S. Seago" <KSeago@MAIL.UTEXAS.EDU>
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From: "Kris S. Seago" <KSeago@MAIL.UTEXAS.EDU>
Subject: Re: Park links
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Hi all,
We camped at Buescher this summer. Nice, but a little small.
Kris S. Seago
> Centerville. Does anybody know of anything near there.?
> .........................There is a new State Park at Centerville called
> Boggy Creek, It is only partially open.
> If anyone is going to call the Texas Parks Department they might inquire.
> There isn't anything to do in Centerville unless they have the park
> opened, not even decent Barbecue close by.
> ----------------------
> I think we need to pick the location that will have the best geographic
> location so we can have the best attendance IE, folks from Wet Westies,
> Type 2 List, Vanagon List and any other list we can induce participants
> from. Might even consider scheduling it with a fall time activity in one
> of the nearby small towns.
> I think Texas Highways Magazine list the events for most all Towns in
> Texas.
> I've just posted this to wetwesties, type2 and vanagon so if anybody else
> is members of other lists .... lets post to those list also.
>
> There are only about three actual VW parts stores around Dallas but I'd
> be willing to post a bulletin at each of them If I get a weeks notice. If
> someone wants to commit to a date and location and E-mail me the 8.5 x
> 11" bulletin that I can run off on my supply of copies on my color
> printer.----------------
>
> I personally like Lake Whitney State park because it has some wide open
> areas for baseball, kids can ride bikes, play badminton, volley ball just
> about anything you've got the equipment to do.
> Dogs have to be on leashes so doggie frizby games may only last ten
> minutes.
> The campsites are laid out so if you have a non-westy driver visiting
> they can pitch a tent at your site without hastles.
> They also have screened cabins (four half walls with a roof) that we
> could get one of for a community get together one night, there is no
> general store there (never seen it open) but they do have ice at the
> gate.
> I'm not packing any dogs, wives, kids or goats so I do not need any
> special provisions, I normally just go to Possum Kingdom above the dam
> out on the point (roughing it is bad for dogs and kids because if the
> tics) and get up on top of a hill and rough it with just Westy luxuries.
> I seldom actually fish, just throw the line in and take what comes, if I
> don't completely forget that I've got a line in. I never stay at Possum
> Kingdom State park, its like a mobile home park, so many big motor homes
> and big travel trailers.
> At any rate the trip is normally the reward for me and not the
> destination but I think we need an inventory of kids, dogs, wives etc to
> select the best site.
> Bardwell Reservoir is dead, nothing, nothing but just the lake and near
> Ennis (6 miles) with good Barbecue place.
>
> Stan Wilder
> 83 Air Cooled Westfalia
> http://williamwareagency.com/forsale/stanvan/index.html
> On Wed, 10 Oct 2001 13:14:45 -0500 Alan Watts <alan@16color.com> writes:
>> I've camped at Nails Creek unit of Lake Somerville many years ago -
>> from what I remember it was nice. Bastrop and Buescher are really
>> pretty....lots of trees and water. Did they mention anything about
>>
>> Buescher when they said there was a concert at Bastrop? They are
>> next door to each other so I wonder if what Buescher's status is.
>>
>> It's tough making a decision - I'm sure they're all nice.
>>
>> Alan
>>
>> At 12:56 PM -0500 10/10/01, Donald Welch wrote:
>>> Here are some links to the more centrally located parks that said,
>>
>>> none are really centrally located.! Take a look and let me know
>>> which looks most attractive and I will call about reservations,
>>> screen room, fees etc.
>>>
>>> There may be other more centraly located parks that are county or
>>> city that I'm not aware of. The central location is, amazingly
>>> enough... Centerville. Does anybody know of anything near there.?
>>>
>>> Ft. Parker- http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/park/fortpark/fortpark.htm
>>>
>>> Mother Neff- http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/park/mother/mother.htm
>>>
>>> Not so close to Austin.. central to the rest..
>>> Mission Tejas -
>> http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/park/mission/mission.htm
>>>
>>> Close to Houston/Austin:
>>>
>>> Lake Somerville.. Does anyone have a suggestion on which unit
>> within
>>> this park.? http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/park/lakesome/lakesome.htm
>>>
>>> Bastrop St. Park sounds nice but there is a concert there that
>>> weekend and could make it tough to get reservations-
>>> http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/park/bastrop/bastrop.htm
>>>
>>>
>>> Close to Dallas/Ft. Worth:
>>>
>>> Purtis Creek.. near/on Cedar creek Res.? -
>>> http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/park/purtis/purtis.htm
>>>
>>> Lake Whitney-
>> http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/park/lakewhit/lakewhit.htm
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
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