We camped at Palmetto State Park with a few firsts-first time to camp for longer than one night with the girls, and first time to bring the dog. And all was great. The weather was perfect-cool to cold during the night and warm during the day. We enjoyed the nature and walks and water. At our campsite were some hard working harvester ants taking new leaves from a tall tree to several holes. Both girls also enjoyed studying them with the discovery scopes. The CCC had several structures in the park including this water tower. The girls enjoyed climbing.
The park is on the San Marcus River.
Hot dogs and s'mores from the campfire the first night.
Breakfast tacos! Caleb got up each morning and ran the trails. We all slept great and stayed in bed until 8ish!
Day two-we walked around the lake and fished some. Gloria is holding worms. She always walks a fine line between scientific exploration and animal cruelty.
Fun hour on the lake with a paddle boat (including Flower).
Caleb caught a catfish in the river by our campsite and brought it up. The fillet supplemented our Ramon noodle dinner.
More marshmallows, this time in between Oreos.
The girls resting in their own tent. Ours was grown-ups, Flower and stuff. We are getting really good at car camping and bring everything but the kitchen sink :)
We brought the girls' bikes.
Day three-another hike, since it was cool the girls stayed in their pjs for this one. Gloria was tired of the walks so we bribed her and told her that if she didn't complain we would get ice cream and she was then great. They started picking up 'sticky weed' (see their shirts) and by the end of the walk Gloria's arms were full of the stuff.
Back at the campsite, one of Caleb's science professional friends and her daughters came. The other sites were full and she discovered (over Facebook) we would be there, so he invited her to join our party. Our girls said their favorite part was hanging out with the new friends! We went down to the river and waded, caught a frog, skipped rocks, played in the mud and did other fun river stuff.
As promised-ice cream. We went to nearby Buc-ees which was an experience in itself, wall to wall people on the Friday afternoon of spring break. The family also brought hula hoops and we all hooped. Lydia is pretty good.
Another fire and after the little girls went to bed we told lame ghost stories. The next morning we said good-bye to our new friends who had a track meet to go to, then packed up while the girls played with left over worms.
The scenic overlook (I tried using the self timer on the camera but it was too windy and it kept falling over.) Lunch stop in Lockhart- BBQ & Bluebell.
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