Guadalupe River State Park

This trip was Easter weekend last year. We had a few unexpected incidences, but overall a good trip. We drove down on Friday afternoon. After being kept up most of the night by a rooting armadillo next to the tent, Natalie sat up and vomited all over her sleeping bag and the floor of the tent. We were motionless with confusion as to what to do and why it never occurred to us that they would yak in the tent. Have a vomit plan!! We stuffed everything into a garbage bag and threw it into the car. The next morning we washed the throw up off and went to town to get a blanket. The second thing that we didn't really think through was the intelligence of the raccoons in this park. Saturday night we were robbed by a band of raccoons. They broke into the cooler and stole everything not in a bottle. They left the ketchup, beer, and cocktail sauce. They stole one of the most precious items for Sunday breakfast, the bacon. The crazy part was they closed the lid after they took everything. So I didn't notice anything was wrong till I opened the lid and found dirty ice water and no food. Left as a calling card was one large perfect muddy paw print on the lid. So do not underestimate the wildlife at the park.
The park was very pretty. We stayed in the cedar sage tent loop in site 6. It was a bit of a walk to the bath house, but we had a nice patch of woods separating us from the next site. When we were there it had been pretty dry, so the bugs were flocking to the showers for water. The stick bugs were cool, the scorpions were not. The river was great for swimming. We went to the main swimming area in the morning and after lunch went further up stream to a section that was perfect for fishing and tubing. We tested out our inflatable raft here. It worked ok, but I think a set of retractable oars would be good. We needed longer ones, but couldn't fit anything any bigger in the car. This section was a challenge to get to, as you had to go down a very steep slope from the primitive camping area. Not easy with a 4 year old and a large raft. But the kids and Shawn had a great time catching lots of little sun fish. Natalie and I climbed through the rocks to go swimming. It had some light "rapids" that are probably very fun in a tube. Saturday night the San Antonio Astronomy Society hosted a star party that Shawn and the kids went to while I nursed a nasty headache. They got to look through some very nice telescopes and ask questions. Fun trip that is still doable in the summer if you spend lots of time in the river that has hopefully recovered from the drought.