Fantastic Inks Lake State Park

Late Monday morning, Steve and I packed up and headed north to Burnet and Inks Lake State Park. Inks Lake is probably the most popular state park in Texas so it is really difficult to get reservations.....especially in light of the policy allowing reservations to be made almost a year in advance. A lot of people book every weekend for the year and then cancel a day or two before if they decide not to come. Even weekdays are booked up all summer but we lucked out and were able to get Monday through Thursday night before Memorial Day. My brother-in-law and sister-in-law also got a site for the same time.

Our site was really nice and BIL and SIL got the site to the left of us, not quite as nice because the picnic table was on the opposite side of the RV from their door, but still good. Check in at the park was a series of screw-ups because the young girl on duty booked us in under the wrong reservations, overcharged us each for an extra day, and charged me day fees for an extra person. We both had to go up the next morning. The older lady on the desk took one look at the mess and called the head ranger in to fix all the errors. I hate to think of what happened when that young lady was actually busy with a crowd checking in for the Memorial Day weekend. Bottom line, really scrutinize your check in paperwork to make sure it is correct.

The lake view was very nice. One thing that is really great about Inks Lake is that there is a dam at each end of it so the water level can be controlled. Even when other lakes are really low due to drought, Inks Lake always has the same amount of water.

The lake wasn't crowded but all kinds of families were there enjoying it including these Canadian geese. 

They came right up into the campsite to show off the little ones. I am always very conscientious about picking up weenie dog poo but it gets kind of hilarious when the goose poo is bigger than the weenie poo. Enough said.

We saw lots of flowers while we were out and about.

Lots of nice views too.

I'm happy to say that both my dachsies, Willy and Harley, as well as Angus the Am Staff are very well behaved around wildlife.....it doesn't phase them in the least to share the campsite.

 

Lots of ducks out and about too.

Other large birds were enjoying the water too.

And the sunsets were spectacular. It was really great spending time with family doing something we all really enjoy.