๐️ Mother's Day Camping ๐
Dates: ๐ฑ May 10-11 , 2024
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Buescher State Park
Smithville, TX
๐ฉ๐ป๐ผ Staff was friendly and helpful
✔️ ๐ป Restrooms
✔️ ๐ฟ Showers
✔️ ๐ฉ Dump Station
✔️ ๐ถ๐ป♀️๐ด๐ป♀️ Trails - hilly
✔️ ๐ Lake access - fishing, canoe rentals
✔️ ๐ Cabins
✔️ ๐ Store
๐ Site #27
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ฟ Site Pad: level, concrete, barely long enough for trailer, perpendicular
to the road.
↔ Spacing: Spacious on the driver side, semi-close on the camping side, but
dense brush between. Park Host site is on the camping side, but empty and
"Off Duty" so no close neighbors
๐ณ Partial Sun
๐ง Water
✔️ ⚡ Electric 20/30
❌ ๐ฉ Sewer
✔️ ๐ฅ Fire Ring w/Grate
✔️ Picnic Table on concrete, wood with metal legs
Notes:
• Very few spots are "big rig" friendly
Regular cost per night $23
Discounts: Texas Parks Pass
My total cost for 2 nights: $27 = Avg $13.50/night
๐146.6 miles round trip - 9.15 mph
๐๐๐ Highlights of this trip๐๐๐
๐ฉ๐ป Who I went with: Solo
๐ Things I saw: Pines are growing back, Cedar Elms have lovely Spanish
Moss on them, the drive between Buescher and Bastrop is still a nice drive
๐ฆ Wildlife I encountered: White-eyed Vireo, Cardinals, Chuck Will's
Widow, Squirrels
๐ต๐ป♀️ Trails I biked: Just on the road. Loop around the lake 2.6 mi
๐ฝ Where I ate: El Mexicano Grill, Neighbor's Kitchen & Yard - BIG
wings, nice view of the Colorado River
๐ What I learned: Better to drive around the loop to the right and back
in to the left. It's pronounced Bisher, not Bewsher.
๐ฎ A surprising moment: The ranger didn't show up for the guided walk, so
I joined a young family and we did our own walk. Many people at home and
across Texas saw the Northern Lights, but I missed it.
๐ An unforeseeable moment: Chiggers! Forecast didn't look good for
the morning and I wanted to be home for Mother's Day, so I left around
7:30 pm.
๐️ My favorite souvenir: A new stamp in my camping books and a park scratched off my Texas Parks map, medallion for my walking stick
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