Brazos Bend State Park

Yesterday we headed on an impromptu camping trip to Brazos Bend State Park (located about 1 hour and 15 minutes southwest of Houston.)  We hadn't reserved a campsite, so we were just hoping that they'd have space available once we got there.  Luckily, they did.

First, we did a little fishing at Horseshoe Lake.  Didn't catch anything, but had fun watching the alligators.

Then we headed over to set up camp.  Our campsite was located at the very northeast edge of the park.  It was about a 9 mile drive to get there, about half of which was an unpaved road.  Our sites were primitive, meaning that they didn't have water or electrical hookups.  They did, however, have a picnic table and fire ring, so that was nice.  Mosquitoes are pretty bad right now, so we got to test out our head nets.  

After we set up camp, we headed down to the Brazos River to do a bit more fishing.  After watching Jason fall down this steep decline, I thought I'd try to go down backwards and hang on to that piece of rope.  It helped.  Also, how do you like my hardcore camping/ fishing gear?  I look like a walking billboard for Magellan lately.  Also, see how my backpack and shoes match?  Pretty nice, huh?

When we first arrived at the park, we were told that the catfish were really biting at the river, so were excited to head down there.  But, after fishing for a few hours, we still hadn't caught anything.  Neither had those people next to us.  One of the guys in their group decided to wade out to a sandbar to try to fish from there.  It was then that we discovered that the water wasn't more than 2 feet deep in any of the areas that we were fishing.  Oh well.

So, we headed back to camp to cook dinner before it got too dark.  Jason successfully started a fire, and we warmed up some leftover chili.  Pretty quickly after dinner, we retreated to the tent to escape from the bugs.  Nature was very naturesome. 

This morning, we packed up and headed back to town.  When we were packing up the car,  I captured these pretty shots of the sun filtering through the branches. 

It was a nice impromptu camping trip.  Wish it was about about 15 degrees cooler, half as humid, and about 100% less bugs, but still nice nonetheless.