We got to see a lot of wildlife- a baby snake, lots of frogs, a lizard and a crane bird. We also saw 2 very common animals that were acting very uncommon- a raccoon and a squirrel. These two animals would come about 2 feet away from us and when we tried to scare them off they didn't budge! Donald tossed a rock near the squirrel thinking it would scare it off, but it thought what he threw was food and he didn't go anywhere. The raccoon creeped me out a little- he was too sneaky!
One time the raccoon was climbing on our neighbors table and Donald ran over there a little to scare him off and when he did he tripped over the rope that was securing our tent cover down and riped the tent.
A few things that we learned from our first solo camping trip:
- Bring 2 trash bags
- Spray foil with cooking spray before putting the burgers down- I even brought the spray
- No baked potatoes- they take way too long to cook- we ate half raw potatoes with dinner
- bring a smaller cooler for drinks and stuff to take while fishing
- Coffee took 2.5 hrs. to brew- we should have gotten up a lot earlier
- My boss' grill is no good, we should have just planned on using the fire for everything- which we ended up doing anyway!
- If the option is available, pick a campsite closest to the bathroom!
But overall, we had a really good time. While it was raining on Friday, we drove around checking out the whole park.
On Saturday we wanted to go fishing but all the good spots were taken! So we went on a hike instead. For Texas, it was a good little hike and we got to see some cool plants!
After the hike, we went back to our site, ate lunch, and packed up to head home! It was really nice to be "unplugged" for the weekend...no phones, no Internet, no TV, just us and the great outdoors! We would like to go one more time before it get too hot, but its already getting pretty hot. But we will be going again in the fall!
Have a great Tuesday!
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