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Hey Guys,

Long time lurker thought I would post. I'm looking for a primitive camping area in the central texas area. The most important thing to me is isolation.

I was sorely disappointed in the "Primitive Camping" area at Colorado State Park, we hiked in a mile and a half, great water location for pumping water, but right across the river is a main street with street lights and some guy had a metal building covered in flood lights that kept opening and closing his garage all night. Then in the morning when we were making breakfast some old cowboy looking guy was looking down on us from the mountain top on the otherside (no biggie) but then breaks out seven guys all using weed wackers all morning! :mad:

We went to Lost Maples about a month ago, man the park was packed! I hiked to the most remote location "Site H" which was a pretty steep climb with a fully loaded backpack, but I guess because of the nature of the canyon we could hear people hollering and laughing and stuff all night. Although this was probably one of the prettiest parks I've been in it was jammed with people. :thumbsdown:

I did like the primitive area at Perdenales State Park, we went in the middle of the week in the middle of summer. We didn't see another soul almost the whole trip (on that side of the park). We caught a lucky break with the heat, it had just rained so we didn't get scorched but the water was dried up. We ended up packing in water which is frightening to me sometimes. The night was clear and the stars were amazing. :yes:

I don't mind bad weather and hiking pretty far over rough terrain as long as I am rewarded with some solitude at the end. I'm eyeballing Bastrop State Park, does anyone know about the primitive area over there? It looks like a main road cuts the area in half. I'd hate to hear road noise in the "wilderness", and I was wondering about the water sources? I have a great purifier I've used on many trips but would hate to be too far from water. Thanks for any advise in advance!! :thumbsup:

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