Lake Texana State Park, Texas

We had another change in plans. We originally were to have traveled to Corpus Christi and Padre Island, but this is spring break time and we were advised not to go there. So we headed SW of Houston to Lake Texana State Park. The town we were closest to was Edna, about 100 miles SW of Houston on Highway 59.

It’s a lovely park with large grassy sites with many trees, and located on a large lake. There are beautiful birds, deer wandering through the campsites, alligators and a new form of wildlife-poisonous snakes. Pris was watching the campsite as John is driving the RV around and a 2 to 2 ½ foot snake slithers through their campsite. After describing it to the campground host, he decided that it was probably a cottonmouth. Great. Pris kept a close eye on the bushes next to their site the entire time.

We enjoyed our site right on the water and spent most of our time reading and taking short hikes. We like these kick back days. This area is flat and forested, with nice lakes, but the surrounding area is rural with poor small towns with very few facilities.

The state parks are great, but not very convenient for the traveler.