We went camping last weekend at Bastrop State Park. Fall camping season is ON and it was so great to be outside, all together! Jacob took a half day off on Friday and it was less than an hours drive to the campground, so we had a lot of the day Friday and all day Saturday to explore and enjoy.
Bastrop State Park is in an area known as the Lost Pines of Central Texas. What? You didn't know there are pine trees in Texas? There are! It actually reminded us a lot of the West (I grew up in Oregon, Jacob in Utah). Near the area we camped, there was a very devastating wild fire a couple of years back, so it was interesting to see the landscape and how it is starting to recover. It is a beautiful area and we are thrilled with the State Park system in Texas. It is SO budget and family friendly, it allows us to almost live at the State Parks.
Sawyer had been asking to go fishing for quite sometime and we were thrilled we had the chance. Some of the State Parks have loaner poles - we just went to a little local fishing store and picked up some wormies for bait. They also have these really cool "adventure packs" for the kids to borrow - filled with field guides, crayons and a nature journal to leave notes for other explorers, and even binoculars etc. We had so much fun (and a very slow-pace) hiking and stopping to identify plants, trees, flowers, and bugs along the way.
We feel so grateful to have times like these...the best! We are so stoked that we can camp pretty much year round here. While elsewhere the weather is getting cold and preparing for snow, it's finally cooling off enough to spend long days outside. I don't miss how it gets dark at 4pm on a cloudy winter day in Seattle. I love that we have lots of light and sunshine and the day is longer. So great!
We've got a long list of parks and areas to explore in Central Texas - so much to see! Even if it is getting cold/dark/rainy/snowy where you are, I encourage you to GET OUTSIDE! It's so good for the soul, and for everyone in the family :)
Cheers!
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