Red River Rivalry - Texas vs. OU - Texas State Fair 2010

Texas State Fair
UT vs. OU
Cotton Bowl
Dallas, TX
October 2, 2010


This was our second year of RVing the State Fair during Texas -OU
weekend and it has the potential to become a tradition. We really had
a good time. Even though UT lost the game, partaking in the fair and
hanging out with good friends was a blast! I think we actually irrated
some OU fans because we had such a good time and wouldn't let the loss
impact our weekend.


We had six families in five RVs attend this year's outing....,,,yes we
doubled our size from last year. In addition, we had two new
RVs this year including a bus (which we named the "G6"....song of the weekend).

We spent a couple of weekends going through our household and
setting up for the neighborhood garage sale. All of our proceeds
were going to the purchase of food/drink and fair ride tickets.
The kids did a great job of disposing some of their outdated toys and we managed to completely fund our weekend plus some.

We'll beat them next year!

Cedar Hill State Park - Revisted

Cedar Hill State Park
Dallas, TX
September 30, 2010

We visited this park last year but we're unable to take any note or pictures. We arrived after sunset and left before sunrise to get to the state fair. Hard to review in the dark. I'm glad we made a return visit. This park has a lot to offer and it only got better!

We immediately noticed the new concrete pads. This is a big park with over 300 camping sites and every site had a nice new level concrete pad. I do remember the paved pads from last year and they weren't horrible, but this is a nice improvement.

We stayed in the Eagle Ford camping area and had a nice view of the lake. We had a fire ring and a nice covered picnic table.

This park sits on the shore of Joe Pool lake. The lake is a 7,500 acre reservoir. So, it's a nice size lake. The water looked very clean and was blue-green.

This park has lots to offer and I can image is very busy during the summer. The park has a full service marina that rents boat slips and jet skis. My son really liked the fishin

g shed on the marina and in addition, there are several lighted fishing piers. There is also has a really nice dedicated swim area and beach in one of the coves. As well as a playground.

The park is just of a highway and you can see and hear some occasion

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ffic. It is very close to fuel and supplies. A Walmart is maybe two miles away.

Hard to find many faults with this park. We look forward to another return visit during the summer so we could enjoy the lake.

Pros
- close to supplies (WalMart close by)

- marina (fishing supplies, propane and ice....however, no souvenirs)
- swimming area & beach
- nice sites (some very close to water and some with excellent views of the lake)
- awesome new level concrete pads
- lots of sites

- pretty lake

Cons

- close to roadway (some noise )
- no state park store (no souvenirs-one of the largest SP's we've visited that didn't have souvenirs)

RATING 9.5 out of 10