There are a few State Parks, within a short drive from home, that really just have so much to offer and we can't help but keep returning; Brazos Bend State Park is certainly one of them.
RDB and I packed up Friday afternoon, and with the new site specific reservation system, we knew exactly where we were heading to. And this time? Our favorite "camping buddy" came along with us!
Maybe it's just me, but he sure looks like he's gonna be the king of the castle in this new camper! Diesel's 8 years old now, and he's calmed down a fair bit in his "middle" age. We've stopped bringing his crate on camping trips - now he just hangs out in the bedroom when we go off on short adventures, and sleeps on his fuzzy bed at the foot of the bed at night. Well, as long as I can get the fuzzy bed up there before he puts himself to sleep, that is!
Brazos Bend has plenty of adventures, and this weekend, especially, we were hoping to catch a glimpse of the NEOWISE comet; the observatory on campground is closed (due to the pandemic) but we brought our own telescope... too bad we didn't think to put it in the truck to "defrost" before we went off to stargaze; it just completely fogged up and we couldn't see anything!
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| -Joseph Masiero, who serves as NEOWISE deputy principal investigator at NASA’s JPL |
Even if we couldn't see the comet, we still really enjoyed the weekend in our new camper - finally getting "moved into" it and (for me) organized and decorated the way I've been dreaming about. We enjoyed a new bottle of wine (in our whiskey glasses) and did a few improvement projects - changing out the lights in the bedroom for a nightlight/touch version, putting a backsplash up in the bathroom behind the dual sinks (did I tell you, we have DUAL SINKS!?). I'll keep an updated album on Flikr for the updates that we do over time. There's not a whole lot that really needs to be done in a new camper, but it's certainly nice to personalize it and make it truly our own.
I still can't believe we own this camper!
The road from headquarters back to the campsite is long and windy, and at a max speed of 30 MPH, it's just the perfect spot to just relax and enjoy the ride. Keep your eyes open for deer crossing, and the occasional alligator sunning himself, though, as the park is filled with wildlife and marshes for them to hide in.
Perhaps the funniest thing that happened this weekend was on our evening walk around the camping loop. We were taking the trash over to the dumpster, and RDB stepped back and held Diesel off a ways, "Just in case a trash panda jumps out." Sure enough, as I got closer to the dumpster to toss in our bag of trash, a raccoon lifted up the lid and jumped right out! Like I said, _lots_ of wildlife here at Brazos Bend!
All too soon, we were packing up to head back home. RDB set me up with a great "phone drop" station for charging in our bar area, and the external speakers on the TV in the living room are Bluetooth capable, so we were enjoying great music as we finished up breakfast and cleaned up to leave. you can't help but smile and sing along with "Don't Worry, BE HAPPY!" We really are Happy Campers again.
We were in site #126 of the Burr Oak Camping area. We're still really impressed with how they keep the sites feeling private, even though you're tucked in with lots of neighbors (we were also kinda surprised by how long the grass was in our site - only mowed down around the fire pit, but then, it may be because the campground is minimally staffed due to Covid-19).
We've been to Brazos Bend before:
And you can find more camping photos from this trip here.
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