Garner State Park is a Fun Place for families to go. We were just talking about going this summer. Love the Saturday Night dancing to the juke box oldies. We were going up the River a way to the U shaped area to tube. You put in, float around and walk back to the beginning and go down again. The kids love it. We also plan to spend much time at Lake Sommerville and Lake Travis. We have a RV and Jet Skis.

We camped at the Davis Mountain State Park a couple of weeks ago. It has nice facilities. We went at the wrong time because it was too hot. The locals say to come in July or later when the rainy season sets in.

There was plenty in the area to see and do. We toured Ft. Davis, saw the Marfa lights, did the scenic loop drive. There is an observatory that we didn't get to see because we missed the night, but we'll do that some other time. There is also a swimming area at Balmorhea (30 miles away) that is spring fed.

DH and I don't primative camp now that we have kids. My preschoolers enjoyed hanging around the campsite and digging in the dirt. At night, the fireflies came out and we chased them. There were a lot of deer and birds hanging around camp. There were javalena warnings, but we didn't get to see any of them. The worst critter was probably the skunk some teenagers followed through our camp.

If we ever find a good time to see Big Bend, we'll probably camp here again.

Here is a link that might be useful: Davis Mountain State Park

AdellaBedella what is a javalena?

It'd help if I spelled it right. A javelena is an an animal that looks a lot like a pig, but isn't. Another name is a collered peccary. I've only seen them at the zoo, but I understand they can be pretty mean. The park warned us in the brochures that javelinas have attacked and killed several dogs. Here's a link with a picture and details.

Here is a link that might be useful: Collered Peccary

Big Bend is a very remote area with a whole bunch of wildlife. Definately not a place for Household Pets.

We love camping on Lake Travis, Perdenales Falls State Park, Inks Lake SP, and Lake Sam Rayburn.

We like camping at Garner, but we haven't been in a while.