April CenTex

04/25 and 04/26

Belton Lake COE campground

Live Oak Ridge site 25

This may be the largest site we have ever had, nicely shaded.  Off by itself, a bit.  Sites 40 to 48 are heavily treed, sites along the water 1-22 and 33-38 have little shade coverage, BUT they do have covered picnic tables.

The wind blows off the lake much of the day, which keeps the area cool as the temps begin to rise.

I opened the morning of the 26th with kickboxing, and had a blast keeping under the shade tree.

The water is clear and dark turquoise in color, and while we have no hiking trails, the campground is plenty large enough to stroll with the pups.

We saw a cat our first night, the dogs really wanted that cat, and verbally alerted the ENTIRE campground of the presence of said cat. They are so embarassing!

We continue to change the camper to suit our needs, this includes bringing real washclothes instead of the microterry fiberclothes with which we started our first trip.  Microterry towels work moderately well (and SERIOUSLY) cut down on the volume of toweling compared to cotton bath towels.  However, the washcloth version of microterry works abominably as a washcloth, as it just rolls over flesh, scrubbing is practically impossible.  Give us cotton washclothes, the volume difference is worth the scrubbing power.  

The showers at Belton Lake are some of the hottest and largest we've seen.  Although, the shower head in one of the ladies sounds like a jet engine taking off!

We hear loud booms echoing through the campground during the day ... we wonder if some blasting is being done nearby.  This does not occur at night.

04/27-04/30

40 miles between Temple and Lampasas, and the foliage completely changes.  Temple speaks deciduous oaks with regular rainfall while just a bit west, they speak flat plateau covered in short evergreens that rarely see rain.

San Angelo State Park

Our lake front site #13 is not very lake front since the lake is at 9.1% capacity.  But the sites are nicely spaced, the environment is serene (though dry), and the neighbors are well behaved.

Wind blows through the area pretty constantly, the helps keep the temperature down.  Protect yourself from the sun, it is brutal here!

Yoga and Bodystrikes workouts in the morning or evening hours and walks around the park.

The showers are a bit warmer than lukewarm, no concerns of burning.  Nicely setup, appear to be ADA compliant, though I did not test the bench.

Cactus, Acacia, and wildflowers galore.