Camping in Possum Kingdom

Wow, what an incredibly awesome summer we are having!  HeltonTexas is wasting away at the pool getting my little fishies all wet almost every day.  The boys are brown biscuits.

Will's parents left their northernly perch high in the Shenandoah Mountains and sweated thru a week of our Texas heat with us.  We all went to Possum Kingdom State Park for a little get away.  I somehow got the job as the main party planner which made me very nervous.  Proved to be no small task. The only cabin in the whole state for 8 people was at PK Lake.  UH-OH.  Wasn't it burned down????
In April, something like 150,000 acres burned in a raging wild fire and many houses were lost.  So before I booked a cabin surrounded by ash and soot, I did a little investigating.  Seems that they got a lot of bad press.  Yes, all those acres were burned, but the park was in really good shape.  I booked the cabin and a party barge for half a day and the clan loaded up!  It was a great trip with Grandad, Granmama, Michael and Sarah.  We did quite a bit of boating on the lake.  The lake was very beautiful but their was some damage to trees and homes. We saw lots of homes burned to the ground.  Quite sad.

Granmama's blog is really the authority on our trip but here's a few more pics.

Jimmy is so fearless.  His mafia name is now "Jimmy the Fish".  He LOVED jumping in the water and got very mad at first when he wanted to jump in right away.  Jaxon was a lot more shy and scared.  He enjoyed just chilling on the boat.

Jaxon's skills were fishing.  He caught a few fish in the water but most were just his little red practice fish on the land - LOL.

(see all the burned trees behind him)

S'MORES!

ready to go boating

prior to this pic was WWIII getting that life jacket on Jimmy.  He hates all accessories to save his life (helmets, life jackets, water wings, etc) but he does love sunglasses generally.

world's largest wheelbarrow

burned trees with the beautiful lake in the background

yeah, hot Mike.

Monster trucks...outside....all day.

fishing pole in hand...outside....all day

hummingbirds

this was at the PK Lake Marina.  A very cool shop and where we rented out boat.

Go visit if you want to go camping --- he said this summer might shut them down if they don't get more business (because of the bad press about the fire damage)

And on the way home: DAIRY QUEEN!!!!

This weekend was really an excellent time for all of us.  It was simple and oh so good.  Next time: we will not leave home without the pack n play.  JIMMY!!!!!!!