Lone Star Travelers Blog

Come out to Tyler State Park with your family on Saturday December 06, 2008 for their 3rd annual Christmas caroling and pineride.  The fragrant fun begins at 5PM with a ride through the park on a bed of pine.  Hot apple cider and cookies will be served and the park store will be open until 8PM for those last minute unique Texas gift purchases.  Tyler State Park is 100 miles east of the Dallas/Forth Worth metroplex in Smith County.  It is located in the Pineywoods Region.  

On Saturday December 13th, 2008 from 8AM-1030AM Stephen F. Austin State Park invites you to a pancake breakfast featuring homemade syrup, sausage, juice and coffee with special guest Santa Claus at the head of the table.  The fee for this special Christmas breakfast is $4 per person.   From 6PM-8PM that same day Stephen F. Austin State Park will host a caroling hayride through the park.  Stay to enjoy hot chocolate and cookies after the hayride.  Admission is one canned good per person.  Texas Parks and Wildlife Department places Stephen F. Austin State Park in the Prairies and Lakes Region.  Stephen F. Austin State Park is located near Sealy, Texas approximately 30 miles west of the Houston city limits.