Traveling with the Longdogs: Purtis Creek State Park

Elaine and I arrived on Tuesday and found about 6 women already there. They came directly from another rally so were all set up and playing games.

Debra mixed up pancakes the night before and fixed a ton of pancakes for anyone that wanted some.

Cynthia manned the skillet for all the bacon. they had a great set-up.

Several of us went in to Eustice to The Roost. It had great reviews but the outside was not impressive at all. Never judge a book by it's cover as the food was reasonable and very good. We opted to get the family meal for $34.50 which was more than ample to feed all of us. It included 12 large steak and chicken fingers (homemade) and three vegetables with unlimited refills. We opted for onion rings, mac and cheese, and sweet potato fries. Kathy asked in advance what the mac and cheese was like and the waitress said "just a minute and I'll bring you out a sample". We did add a fried green tomato appetizer. Then we also got one slice of pie because none of us had ever heard of oatmeal pie. Unique but good. We had leftovers which they packed up for us. The service was even better than the food.

There was lots to do at the park itself. Judy went hiking.

Some of us played games in Kathy's new trailer.

Ileana caught several fish. The lake is very popular for fishing.

Debra and Cynthia rode their electric bikes. Elaine & Tianna and Xena & I walked the loop every day.

Friday night we all went to Bellitos Italian Restaurant in nearby Gun Barrel City. The food was fabulous and the waiter was a hoot. He had a great time serving us and we really enjoyed it.

Saturday morning I made biscuits and Elaine made sausage gray for everyone. There was also bagels, granola, fruit, and coffee. This was Elaine's site as she was the host. Our other host, Sherry, was unable to make it due to a family emergency. Elaine and I each had a canopy. Elaine bought what she understood was a canopy to replace her missing canopy.....it turned out to be a whole screen room which wouldn't fit. Debra disappeared and came back with a canopy that she just happened to bring with her. She saved it when the frame was destroyed. Presto, the Roses created a whole set-up from two different people. Many thanks to Debra also for tutoring us on how to set the canopies up.

We had an impromtu popluck dinner that night. Everyone brought something. We grilled burgers along with lots of other good food.

We took our rally group phot at Bellitos. The waiter insisted on doing the honors.

Debra, Cynthia, Karen, and Ileana had to leave early. I took this photo hoping to insert them into the group photo but couldn't get it to work. Something new to work on for the future.

It was a great rally inspite of the rainy start. Everyone had a wonderful time. Until we meet again. Maybe June at Canyon Lake?

Two weeks later I was on my way to Purtis Creek State Park near Eustice Texas for another rally.

It was a first visit for me. It is a very nice park.

Most of the sites are large and well separated. My site was plenty long although a litte wider for stepping out of the rig would be nice.

There was lots of room in the rest of the site. each site also has a tent pad. A few sites were two car widths wide but very short pads....okay for Class B or tent.

I think a raccoon might have visited me one night. I heard a noise right outside my bedroom window where the grill was sitting. I banged on the window and opened it. It may have been a cat instead because they knocked the grill brush on the ground but didn't make off with it.