Can we settle on a date?
If we're going to go to a Texas park there will not be any problem with
space in OCTOBER/NOVEMBER its more of making sure the park isn't closed
for winter months.
Somebody throw a dart at map.
I'm sure that there are going to be some of us left out because of
date/distance constraints.
Stan Wilder=Dallas Texas
Change the title of this post from Park links to Selected a Date

Stan Wilder
83 Westfalia Air Cooled

On Wed, 10 Oct 2001 21:22:09 -0500 "Kris S. Seago"
<KSeago@mail.utexas.edu> writes:
> Hi all,
>
> We camped at Buescher this summer. Nice, but a little small.
>
> Kris S. Seago
>
>
> > Centerville.  Does anybody know of anything near there.?
> > .........................There is a new State Park at Centerville
> called
> > Boggy Creek, It is only partially open.
> > If anyone is going to call the Texas Parks Department they might
> inquire.
> > There isn't anything to do in Centerville unless they have the
> park
> > opened, not even decent Barbecue close by.
> > ----------------------
> > I think we need to pick the location that will have the best
> geographic
> > location so we can have the best attendance IE, folks from Wet
> Westies,
> > Type 2 List, Vanagon List and any other list we can induce
> participants
> > from. Might even consider scheduling it with a fall time activity
> in one
> > of the nearby small towns.
> > I think Texas Highways Magazine list the events for most all Towns
> in
> > Texas.
> > I've just posted this to wetwesties, type2 and vanagon so if
> anybody else
> > is members of other lists .... lets post to those list also.
> >
> > There are only about three actual VW parts stores around Dallas
> but I'd
> > be willing to post a bulletin at each of them If I get a weeks
> notice. If
> > someone wants to commit to a date and location and E-mail me the
> 8.5 x
> > 11" bulletin that I can run off on my supply of copies on my
> color
> > printer.----------------
> >
> > I personally like Lake Whitney State park because it has some wide
> open
> > areas for baseball, kids can ride bikes, play badminton, volley
> ball just
> > about anything you've got the equipment to do.
> > Dogs have to be on leashes so doggie frizby games may only last
> ten
> > minutes.
> > The campsites are laid out so if you have a non-westy driver
> visiting
> > they can pitch a tent at your site without hastles.
> > They also have screened cabins (four half walls with a roof) that
> we
> > could get one of for a community get together one night, there is
> no
> > general store there (never seen it open) but they do have ice at
> the
> > gate.
> > I'm not packing any dogs, wives, kids or goats so I do not need
> any
> > special provisions, I normally just go to Possum Kingdom above the
> dam
> > out on the point (roughing it is bad for dogs and kids because if
> the
> > tics) and get up on top of a hill and rough it with just Westy
> luxuries.
> > I seldom actually fish, just throw the line in and take what
> comes, if I
> > don't completely forget that I've got a line in. I never stay at
> Possum
> > Kingdom State park, its like a mobile home park, so many big motor
> homes
> > and big travel trailers.
> > At any rate the trip is normally the reward for me and not the
> > destination but I think we need an inventory of kids, dogs, wives
> etc to
> > select the best site.
> > Bardwell  Reservoir is dead, nothing, nothing but just the lake
> and near
> > Ennis (6 miles) with good Barbecue place.
> >
> > Stan Wilder
> > 83 Air Cooled Westfalia
> > http://williamwareagency.com/forsale/stanvan/index.html
> > On Wed, 10 Oct 2001 13:14:45 -0500 Alan Watts <alan@16color.com>
> writes:
> >> I've camped at Nails Creek unit of Lake Somerville many years ago
> -
> >> from what I remember it was nice.  Bastrop and Buescher are
> really
> >> pretty....lots of trees and water.  Did they mention anything
> about
> >>
> >> Buescher when they said there was a concert at Bastrop?  They
> are
> >> next door to each other so I wonder if what Buescher's status
> is.
> >>
> >> It's tough making a decision - I'm sure they're all nice.
> >>
> >> Alan
> >>
> >> At 12:56 PM -0500 10/10/01, Donald Welch wrote:
> >>> Here are some links to the more centrally located parks  that
> said,
> >>
> >>> none are really centrally located.!  Take a look and let me
> know
> >>> which looks most attractive and I will call about reservations,
> >>> screen room, fees  etc.
> >>>
> >>> There may be other more centraly located parks that are county
> or
> >>> city that I'm not aware of.  The central location is, amazingly
> >>> enough... Centerville.  Does anybody know of anything near
> there.?
> >>>
> >>> Ft. Parker-
> http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/park/fortpark/fortpark.htm
> >>>
> >>> Mother Neff- http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/park/mother/mother.htm
> >>>
> >>> Not so close to Austin.. central to the rest..
> >>> Mission Tejas -
> >> http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/park/mission/mission.htm
> >>>
> >>> Close to Houston/Austin:
> >>>
> >>> Lake Somerville.. Does anyone have a suggestion on which unit
> >> within
> >>> this park.?
> http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/park/lakesome/lakesome.htm
> >>>
> >>> Bastrop St. Park  sounds nice but there is a concert there that
> >>> weekend and could make it tough to get reservations-
> >>> http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/park/bastrop/bastrop.htm
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Close to Dallas/Ft. Worth:
> >>>
> >>> Purtis Creek.. near/on Cedar creek Res.? -
> >>> http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/park/purtis/purtis.htm
> >>>
> >>> Lake Whitney-
> >> http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/park/lakewhit/lakewhit.htm
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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