Da Peas: Spring Break 2010 - Lockhart State Park

We packed up the truck Saturday morning and headed to

about 14 miles north of Lulling and 5 mins from downtown Lockhart. We got to the park about 20 minutes before Larry, Mitch and Jenna and found what turned out to be the largest camping spot available.....only problem was a 6-8 foot drop off from where you park so we got a lot of leg workout unloading and loading back up.
We got set up with all the essentials, bikes, tent, and night time relief chair.

As custom with us, we had already found a church in Lockhart and headed for a 5:30 mass at St Mary Of the Visitation Catholic Church.

Below Vicki got finished dressing just outside of the church....

After church we all went to Black's Barbeque (Lockhart is the official "Barbeque Capital of Texas") and enjoyed a really good BBQ dinner.

We got back to camp and had our first Domino tournament. I was ahead until the very last hand and my lovely niece Jenna beat me. I got the famous Jenna grin...she really enjoyed that.
Saturday night was COLD!! Our faces hurt during the night it was so cold....not freezing but tent-camping-cold.

Had Larry's famous chocolate chip and blueberry waffles for breakfast and waited for the day to warm up.

Sunday was a pretty lazy day. We had that great breakfast, did some bike riding, and snacked and took it really easy.

We had our first of two campfires and retired just after 10 pm. Sunday night was a little warmer but still cool enough to get inside the sleeping bags and snuggle up.

Monday morning we fixed a good breakfast of Lil Smokies and fried eggs and all, yes, All of us headed to play golf on the 9 hole golf course located in the park. Surprisingly the course was in pretty good shape. Larry, Mitch, and Joe played 18 holes and Jenna & Vicki lasted in the carts for about 10 holes. You had to stay in the fairway.....the rough was clover - deep clover - and all of us lost a lot of golf balls. You could mark the spot the ball stopped.....walk right to it....and never find your ball. We all had fun.

Vicki and I KNOW that our tent leaks and we all knew that there was a chance of rain headed our way Monday night. I put up the Fema roof on our tent just in case.

Monday night was steak night followed by a trip to Dairy Queen for Blizzards and sundaes. Then the second good campfire which was interrupted by the beginning of rain.

We all headed for the tents and listened to the rain falling on the tents. It rained on and off most of the night and we woke up Tuesday morning with just about everything damp or wet.

But....
Tradition calls for steak and eggs on the morning of departure from Spring Break camping and rain or shine we maintain tradition. Steak, eggs, Bloody Mary's and breakdown of camp.