Another day we drove around the park some more and saw wildlife. Carolyn took a photo of this when I stopped and said "look down, wildlife".........
while I was actually stopping the car and pointing this out right below her door.
A while later, we saw more deer in the campground. Unlike the state parks near San Antonio, both Livingston and Martin Dies State parks less than 2 hours from Houston were virtually empty during the weekdays!
Texas State Parks usually have shelters rather than cabins for rent although Martin Dies also had cabins for rent as well.
While the shelters do have electric, they are just screened in with slats on the most visible sides. Therre is a picnic table but no beds and no A/C although water is available nearby.
We visited one of the areas where there were both canoes and kayaks for rent.
And there were a couple of trailheads there as well.
We took the bridge out to the island.
Lots of very interesting cypress trees in this area although the campgrounds were mostly very tall pine.
This park had lots of signage to tell you about the area.
The Island trail beckoned at least for a short while.
Another bridge on the trail.
Several buses pulled from what we initially thought was a college but it turned out to be a group of high school students that were on a day trip.
We also made a run into Jasper TX, the closest town to the park as we needed a few grocery items.
We also planned to tour the museum but it was closed.
Carolyn didn't miss a chance to take photos of the courthouse across the street.
In all our years of traveling we never did see an armadillo. That would be so cool. Great pictures.
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