Camping in Texas!



The entrance to Possum Kingdom...lots of fire damage everwhere

Will wanted us all to go on a camping trip in Texas...so off we went to Possum Kingdom Lake State Park.  Bernadette had tried to find a lake with cabins that would hold all 8 of us, but nothing was available in the entire state of Texas!  She found this and we all agreed to give it a try.  Yes, we were well aware that just a month before our visit, there had been four wildfires around and south of Possum Kingdom Reservoir that had burned about 150,000 acres and destroyed at least 149 homes.  The Park assured us that the toilets were now working and the cabins were fine.....you may smell a little smoke, but everything is OK....oh...and you have to bring all the water you will use...the water there is non potable! 
We loaded up and headed west...Michael and Sarah joined us on Sunday evening for an overnight and day visit.  What a great time of reconnecting we had!  It was HOT, the cabin was.....well...not the Ritz, but we could not have been happier!
As you can see by our pictures - we played, we ate, we boated, we ate smores, we all bunked in together, and we had a great time. 
This may just become an annual HeltonTexas event!



 

Sweet Jimmy....he was HOT!

So many beautiful homes on the Lake!  Several were burned.

Jimmy the fish

tired little boy

Will being Will!  He rode the tube the longest!

Jimmy passed out!

Nap time for Will after the morning on the boat

Popcicles

Boo Boo......Jimmy fell out of his chair onto the gravel  :(

Jaxon and Jimmy loved watching this crane catch fish!

My Guys!

Bern chilaxin!

Jimmy (not even 2 at the time) leaps off the boat into the lake.....many, many times....fearless!  AKA  Jimmy the Fish!