campermom

The last park on our trip was GRSP. We have day-tripped this park a few times, including a week before we left. We arrived later in the day, having taken some side trips on the way down 281. We did stop for groceries at HEB on 281/46, those Bertolli frozen suppers are great.

We were assigned a site, I picked the one next to the playground, and 3 sites away from the restroom. After making camp, we swam for a few hours. A small rain shower came thru while we swam. We didn't bother to get out, we were already wet right? The water was low, but very refreshing and clean. The restrooms here were a treat! We had several armadillos foraging around our site during the night.

On our first full day, we slept til 830, and hit the river at 1030, stayed til 645, stopping at 2 for a quick tailgate lunch. After showers and supper, we walked over to a family's site whom we'd met while swimming. The 2 kids hit it off, so my son invited the other boy to play at the playground. His father and I sat and watched the kids play for an hour. He said he was glad we came over. If had to play one more round of "Uno", he was going to go postal. They were leaving the next morning.

Our plans were to break camp after breakfast, and spend the day in the river, returning home later in the day. My son, after an hour in the river says, "Mom, can we go home?"

What could I say to this sweet, sun-tanned, skinny little 6 year old who had survived more than a week on the road, exploring the world, having tarantula nightmares and making memories, but, "Sure. The pool will be open!" We stripped the gear out of the truck, left the beach towels, tossied the clothes in the washer, greeted the kitties, and grabbed a smaller cooler from the garage, scooped ice from the camp cooler with the frying pan into the small one, added some drinks, "And we're off!"

Guadalupe River
Seclusion/privacy-7
swimming-7 (would be nice to have more deep spots)
restroom-8
wildlife-6
store-4 ( just what is available at the office, more like a gift shop)
hiking- plenty there, just didn't hike this trip
playgrounds - 7 ( saw a ranger raking the pea gravel to make it level )
staff - 6

MissionCamper

The river is the river...what can ya do? :rolleyes:

We've camped here only once (Labor Day w/e, 2004) and enjoyed it very much.The one problem I had was when I ducked out for some morning coffee...and found spiders EVERYWHERE. :eek:

Still, I'd love to get back to GRSP again soon. Limited vacation time prohibits this for now, however.

dwalsdorf

Campermom:

Great reviews of what seems to have been one fun trip. Thanks so much for all of your input here!

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Shannon

Absolutely. I hope I've lauded praise in Campermom's direction already, but in case I've made a major oversight, I'll do so again -- THANK YOU! Your posts are terrific, informative, and a fun read. And they make Justin and I want to get back to hiking and camping (but when it's cooler; we're wimps. We did the camp in 100 degree, 70% humidity heat a lot during our dating years. We're "soft" now and can't hack it. OK, *I* can't hack it. )

Thanks, CamperMom! :ribbit:

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campermom

Thanks for the praise. It is all worth it to provide folks with some candid reviews. When I grow up, I want to be like Turn KEy!

I guess I am glad it has gotten hot. I need to slow down or I will run out of new places to see this fall. I still have plenty of Tx SP to see. I have really enjoyed contributing to this site. All the folks I've PM'd have been real nice and the few I've met in person, exceptional.

Thanks Shannon for providing this forum for our enjoyment.