Stephen Austin State Park

Got to the park around 2:00 PM and pulled up to the stop sign in the second lane to use the bathroom and check in. Found out from a not-so-kind park ranger that we could not park and loiter at the front of the office building. There was a sign to that effect that we missed as most state parks have…

OK, this was my second visit to a Texas State Park. Simply said, I was blown away with this park. Driving in, deer scattered the landscape. Like my trip to Huntsville State Park, I opted for a screened shelter. The protection from the elements were well worth the $122.50 I paid for four nights.…

The walk-in sites were excellent and much less cramped than the regular camping sites! The park was clean, the trails were beautiful. The only thing is that all of the trees in the park are dead because of some disease or bug infestation. The site we were at had a utility light that was on all…