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Lake Colorado City State Park, Colorado City Texas

Lake Colorado City State Park has a large day use area which includes a  swimming beach, covered picnic tables, a playground and a 4- lane concrete boat launch ramp.  There is also a lighted fishing pier, a covered fishing barge, … Continue reading

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Monahans Sandhills State Park Monahans, Texas

Monahans Sandhills are part of a dune field that extends 200 miles to the West and North to New Mexico.  This 3,840 acre park of sand dunes is a delight for children of all ages.  Rent a sand disk or … Continue reading

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Balmorhea State Park Toyahvale, Texas

The world’s largest spring-fed swimming pool lies here in the desert of West Texas inside Balmorhea State Park.  For thousands of years the springs, formed by subsurface geologic faults provided water for Native Americans and later for Spanish explorers and … Continue reading

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Petrified Forest National Park

We arrived at Petrified Forest National Park midday on Monday.  We are now settled into our RV spot for the summer and will begin a two week training period on Saturday for our volunteer jobs with the National Park Service. … Continue reading

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Guadalupe River State Park

All of the Texas Hill Country State Parks are great family destinations and the Guadalupe River State Park (1938.7 acres) in Spring Branch Texas is no exception.  Located on 4 miles of one of the most picturesque sections of the … Continue reading

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