Friday I was having a bad morning at work when I sat down at my computer and saw I had a message from Tony on g chat saying he had booked a site at Lake Houston Park for the weekend. Totally boosted my mood and helped me make it through the rest of the day with my crazy kids!
This place we found was PERFECT for us! It's for backpack camping, and there are only two of the sites there so you're really in the middle of nowhere. We got there Friday evening, loaded up with our packs, and started the 2 mile trek to our site. Unfortunately, we were a little late leaving town so we didn't quite make it to the site before sundown. There was about a mile of that hike where it was getting pretty dark and hard to see on this tiny trail in the middle of the forest, but we made it haha. We set up camp, found some firewood, made a fire, and hung out a bit before calling it a night.
Saturday morning we got up, ate some breakfast, then headed out to try our luck with some fishing. No such luck, so after a bit we gave up and went back to camp.
We loaded up our day pack and went for a hike.
We hiked through these awesome trails in the middle of the woods for 4 miles until we got to Lake Isabel where we stopped and made lunch.
After a little rest, we finished our loop by treking the 2.5 miles back to camp. We gathered up a bunch of firewood, Tony started a fire, we cooked dinner, and hung out the rest of the night.
This morning we got up, packed up camp, and backpacked the 2 miles back to the car. I must say, after all the weekend hiking and sleeping on the ground, the hike back was rough. My legs were so tired and my pack felt SO heavy!
On the way back to the car we ran across two copperhead snakes sitting in the middle of the trail. I was scared, but Tony used a stick and got them to move out of the way so we could cross the path. um, yikes!
This was perfect for learning how to backpack camp though. 2 miles is not that much (though with a huge pack on your back it feels a lot longer haha) but it's far enough away that there are no people around so you really feel like you are out in the middle of nowhere.
What a fun, relaxing weekend! :)
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