March 18, 2012

We met some really nice people this week from the Houston area. They were John and Sue Frank and John’s Sister and another lady. They are camping down in the Equestrian Camping area. John and Sue have a custom built horse trailer with a living area in the front half, a dog sleeping area/tack room in the middle and their horses ride in the rear of the trailer. John did all of the custom work himself, complete with a bed, TV and Electric Fire Place up front over the hitch and a mini kitchen and bath room/shower area just behind it where you entered. It was cozy but really nice.

The Equestrian Camping area is within the Coe land but the camp sites, and pavilion as well as some riding trails were built by the area Equestrian Club members. The Equestrian Area is open to horse back riding as a “Day-Use” designation which they pay about $4 a day or they can buy an annual pass. This area is also open to camping to anyone, not just horse owners, year round, but by reservation only, as opposed to the regular Camp Ground being closed during the winter.

There is also a huge (10’ or so diameter) fire ring near the entrance to this area, so last night My Sue and I gathered some firewood to take down to them and built a fire while visiting with the Mayor of Valley Mills, TX along with his two grand children whom had been camping there since last Sunday and they are close to wrapping up their visit here. After John and his family and friend finished their dinner they came over to join us. John brought his guitar along and treated us to a few songs including a few he had written himself. A very talented man for sure! Around 10 pm we all retired to our respective “homes” as they had a very busy day of getting camp set up and trail riding.

Next Saturday, the 24^th, we, along with Dick and Judy will be moving back to the regular camp ground area about a half mile north of where we are located now, so the summer Gate Attendants can move in. The good news is we have an absolutely beautiful view of Waco Lake. The bad news is we will have to break camp once a week so we can dump our septic tanks as there are no sewer hook-ups in the Camp Ground, only Water and Electric. We wouldn’t have had to move until Sunday or Monday but Sue is having her surgery Monday morning, so we wanted to get set up ahead of time.

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