Colorado Bend State Park has a lot of whitetail deer, not to mention many feral hogs, and a few exotic species. There are 4 weeks of deer hunting, but only 24 hunters per week. The 4th week of the … Continue reading
We’re supposed to have Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday as off duty days, but generally we still wind up doing some of the chores around the park. However, the Monday before Thanksgiving (November 24) we made a 180 mile circle around … Continue reading
We took a 3 mile hike with our host neighbor Tywla Tuesday (Nov 18); starting here at the maintenance site where we hiked on the former access trail to get to the main trail. The main trail is a new … Continue reading
When we first looked into serving as Park Host at Colorado Bend State Park, we didn’t understand how it could be on the “Colorado River?” It just didn’t make sense to someone familiar with the river and all that goes … Continue reading
Typical morning sunrise we see out from our camp site space. Fantastic! We have been running and going so much, so have abandoned making any new posts. It’s time to catch up. We had several comments from an earlier post … Continue reading
Took a moment to stop and view the area in route to the Gorman Cave here at Colorado Bend State Park. Connie and Jason standing on the rocky ledge that looks down to Dog Leg Canyon. Quite steep and very … Continue reading
Tuesday afternoon, a beautiful day, we ventured on a hike to get acquainted with just a couple of the many trails; Spicewood Springs and Spicewood Canyon. Very picturesque hike. Can you make out the Colorado River in the far background … Continue reading
Drove from Ed’s sister’s place in Stephenville to our first host assignment in Colorado Bend State Park (CBSP) Texas on Tuesday October 7. The closest town, other than Bend, is Lampasas, a city of 7000. It does have a Super … Continue reading
It’s not Alaska, or even Colorado, but some pretty interesting views traveling south to Stephenville along US84 toward Sweetwater where we meet I20. We saw countless acres of cotton and wind energy turbines, with a few RR tanker cars mixed … Continue reading