AUSTIN—Starting May 27, visitors will be able to make camping reservations at parks with arrival dates between June 1 and Sept. 7. This gradual reopening of overnight reservations will be limited to varying degrees at individual parks to align with safe business practices currently followed in Texas. “No one is more pleased than us to […]
AUSTIN – As part of a broader effort to reopen Texas, Texas State Parks will resume limited overnight camping beginning May 18. This gradual reopening of overnight reservations will be limited at all Texas State Parks to varying degrees depending on individual park occupancy in order to align with safe business practices currently followed in […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — September 29, 2017) A total of 15 military families – a third of them from Rockwall County – will come together for a free weekend of excitement, re-connection and healing at beautiful Pine Cove in Tyler, TX during the Salute the Kids Fall Family Camp on Oct. 13-15. Salute the Kids is […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – Sept. 29, 2016) We ended the day around the campfire; the pops and sizzles just have a way of making a great day with my boys even better. It wasn’t a profitable hog hunt, but that didn’t matter. A hot meal and some stories would make things right. Darkness settled in, and […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – June 18, 2016) Last year, my daughter’s inaugural camping trip had been cut short by storms and a tent that functioned like a sieve. She’s hoped all year for another shot, so to hear of two nights at Dinosaur Valley State Park elicited cheers. We planned to leave after school on Wednesday, […]