Day 48: Heading into East Texas

After Kingsville we drove another couple hours north until almost dusk and found a small clean RV park near Victoria, Texas called Gateway To The Gulf.  On Tuesday we got on the road early toward Houston.

Here is where we stopped for gas and lunch.  It is called Buc-ee's and the stores are only found in Texas.  They have unique high-quality merchandise and great gourmet sandwiches.

We had another white-knuckle drive through Houston and then Beaumont, Texas and settled into the Village Creek Texas State Park near Lumberton.  We are roughing it now with no cable TV or swimming pools!

Village Creek turned out to be bigger than we expected.

The creek gets canoe and kayak traffic.

There is one cabin in the park that can be rented.

Our campsite costs $21 per night.  This cabin goes for $80.

Near the creek are many deep gullies that flow into it when it rains.  Down here this is called a slough.

Signs like this make a person watch where they are walking on the trails.