Goose Island State Park

Rockport, TX
March 15-16, 2010

This park was the second stop on our one week Spring Break and was about 80 minutes from Goliad State Park. The park has two
areas. The first a heavily wooden area and we spent our first
night in this section. Specifically spot 146 in the Lantana Loop.
I don't think I've ever had a more secluded RV spot in a State

Park. The site had a nice long level pad, a picnic table and

a fire ring.

We almost cancelled our second night reservation on the coast side
because we really liked this wodden area site. However, we moved

after one night to the Bayfront side and stayed in site 36. The kids

loved this site. The shoreline is comprised of concrete and the

fishing is excellent. The park has a huge 1600' lighted fishing pier.

We did fish off the pier some , but had most of our luck fishing from
our camp site. The RV site doesn't have a pad but most of the
area around the concrete cabana is flat and level. Some people
has thier RVs perpendicular and some had thier rigs parallel to the
cabana. The park rangers didn't care, you just had to be careful
you could get out without being blocked in. Some people leave for
the day to go fishing or go into Rockport to the city beach. We

were only staying for one night so we just backed it right in. If we
were staying longer I would be inclined to park it in front of the
cabana for an incredible view from the RV.

The city of Rockport is just a short drive from the park. Rockport
has a Walmart and an HEB and we were able to resupply without
any problems. We also went to the Rockport city beach for one
afternoon. This was a day park and was really nice. The bay side
had a boat ramp and fishing areas. The beach was nice.

Unfortunately a boy got hit by a stingray barb on his foot while we
we were there. He lost a lot of blood but the paramedics managed
to take care of him. Needless to say after that, my kids stayed out
of the water.

We stopped at one of the bait shops and bought some fresh jumbo
shrimp and did some shrimp shis-k-bobs one night. None of the
fish we caught were worth cooking....oh well, maybe next time.

Another cool attraction was the "Big Tree" which is located down the

street from the park. It's a nice bike ride or hike. The tree is the
largest oak tree in Texas and is over one thousand years old.

PROS -

- Both sections were awesome!

- Good fishing.