Enjoying Lockhart State Park…

We really  enjoyed our stay at Lockhart State Park and hoped to acquire more days but had no luck. Even with only a three day stay  we were still able to sample BBQ at three of the four highest rated BBQ joints in the entire state of Texas. We skipped Kreuz BBQ this time around since we only had time to eat at three places and Kreuz came in last place during our Lockhart stay a year ago. You snooze – you lose! Once again our favorite place was Smitty’s as their brisket is just plain better than the rest. The only problem with their BBQ is that they aren’t open for dinner… just lunch! The lean shoulder we ordered was smoked perfectly tender and delicious so we both joyfully savored every bite.

While at Lockhart State Park we also were able to have our son and his family up for an overnight camping trip.It is always fun to see the grandkids live after having watched them grow through the eyes of Skype. We had fun playing with them and taking them on short nature hikes throughout the park. It seems that they are still fascinated to listen and learn about things in their environment.

      

We also treated the family to our second favorite BBQ joint – Chisholm Trail for dinner that night. Later that evening we lit a big campfire much to the delight of the grandchildren… especially Cameron, the six year old. Of course no campfire is complete without the making s’mores! The grandkids love, love, love the s’mores (almost as much as their parents do)!

  

The next morning we had to break camp and finally understood why we weren’t able to extend our stay as there were about 8-10 Casita RV’s either in the park or waiting alongside the road for the rest of us to leave. A Casita rally seemed to be the reason we couldn’t add days…

We broke camp as the grandkids and their parents wanted to see what all we go through during camp breakdown.  Our son, Jason, and the grandkids also wanted to ride in the motorhome over to the RV park we planned to stay at for two weeks to also experience the ride and setting up camp. They thoroughly enjoyed the drive over through the scenic Texas hill country. The drive through the town of San Marcos was slow but  then the drive through the Texas hill country gave us all some great vistas… I asked Jason, as he was seated in the passenger seat, how he like our in-house version of the I-Max! He loved the views through the large windshield and said he too thought it was much like an I-Max show. It was fun to share the ride with them as Kelly, our daughter-in-law volunteered to drive behind us in their car so that the kids and Jason could have this experience.

We are now at Lake Pointe Resort near Canyon Lake in Texas and we will stay here to continue our visit with our grand kids. Later in the week our daughter Katie is flying in so we will actually  be able to have the whole family together which hasn’t happened in years!  We anticipate having a great couple of weeks here with the family…