Texas Sports Travel

My kids and I awoke to the deafening sounds of earsplitting thunder: it boomed and banged, frequently, over and over again, in an insidious concerto full of melodic explosion, while we wiped the morning crust from our eyes – this was our welcoming to the dawn of a new day. We amassed in the dining room area of our home where, after taking a few minutes to stretch and yawn, we stepped outside to survey the weather conditions: every cloud that fell within sight was as black as the longest winter’s night; the sky bore the ominous signs of what was to come, bad weather.

We nibbled on some leftover pasta and scallops, each one of us drinking a tall glass of water. After washing up and brushing our teeth, we loaded the Honda Pilot up with towels, sunscreen, and a change of clothes: we were going to make our daytrip to Lake Livingston, one way or another, regardless of God’s designs.

We spent about an hour driving northwest from Houston; and the more our distance from Houston increased, the bluer the skies became – and the calmer as well. It quickly became evident that we would be able to enjoy our day – my only day off from work this week – after all. This excited the kids.

We drove around a great portion of the lake and were unable to find any public swimming areas: it seemed as though Lake Livingston, although enjoyed by members of the public to some degree, had been designed more for the enjoyment of private landowners than for daytrippers like me and my kids – this was our initial impression, anyways.

After spending roughly thirty minutes driving around like a band of blind coal miners attempting to extract coal from the deepest holes of the earth, we became overwrought with disappointment and anger: Was it possible we were not going to find a place to swim along the shoreline of this enormous lake? No, of course not; we ended up finding a charming, little spot within the boundaries of Wolf Creek Park.

Wolf Creek Park is located on the outskirts of the town of Onalaska, Texas, in the northern borderline of the Sam Houston National Forest, dead-smack in the middle of civilization and the Texas wilderness. There is a small entrance fee, about $2.00 per person, which, in my humble opinion, is extremely reasonable.

The entire park is extremely clean and organized; the administrators of this recreational area do a great job with keeping the place tidy.

The park contains a swimming area, campgrounds, a store, and numerous trails to hike – it offers an overall thrilling opportunity for one to interact with Mother Nature.

Texas Sports Travel

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