The Big Bend area should not be overcrowded in the winter. Great scenery, long views from the mountain areas, and some beautiful areas along the river. You could go north from there into the Davis mountains, or northeast to the hill country. If you like rocks, check out Enchanted Rock, near Fredericksburg.
The heritage of the original settlers is still seen in some of the Hill Country towns. East Texas has lakes, rivers, pine trees, and a lot of rain. Canton, east of Dallas, has one of the largest trade days and market days crowds in the area. It takes days just to walk through it and see it all. It started years ago as the local farmers brought their livestock and produce into town. Now you can find just about anything there. Expect huge crowds. The coast is nice this time of the year. Fishermen still go there, but the crowds don't. Ken --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Tigger58056" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Places I can play with my camera and ride bike too. I have that book free campgrounds western edition to look in too. Its like campgrounds 12 bucks and under. Down along the Texas/Mexico border I have heard there is a lot of theft so am not interested going into anyplace such as that. I think its Brownsville area. I figure if I have to sleep with one eye open or have a guard dog I don't need to be there. > > Tigger > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ken Brown > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 9:51 PM > Subject: [Boondocking] Re: texas in the winter > > > > What kind of scenic do you want? > > Right now, there should be plenty of "beachfront" sites available. > Pine trees are always nice in East Texas, and West Texas has a lot of > wide open spaces. > > Texas has plenty of rest areas and picnic areas along the highways. > Lots of the small towns have parks that you can stop at for one or two > nights. A word of caution, though: It is getting popular down here > to allow civic groups to decorate the parks with lighted scenes and > charge admission to drive through. It is a win-win situation when the > money raised is used to help local projects, but it cuts some parks > out as far as overnighting goes. > > There is a nice, shady city or county park just east of Columbus, Tx > and just off I-10. It has no facilities, but they were allowing > people to stay there overnight. > > > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Tigger58056" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Are they scenic places? I have been across the panhandle area. It > was a whole lot of nothing. I stayed in a town there, don't remeber > the name off hand,and they had the biggest feedlot I have ever seen. > This was on that highway that went from the southwest tip of Kansas > down to the interstate in New Mexico. So I went through part of > Oklahoma and part of Texas. Not very many miles through either one. > > > > Tigger > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > ADVERTISEMENT > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Yahoo! Groups Links > > a.. To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Boondocking/ > > b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/z1TolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To reply to this message, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Boondocking/post?act=reply&messageNum=8293 Please do not reply to this message via email. More information here: http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/groups/messages/messages-23.html <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Boondocking/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
