Author: Bill Woodall

For her first total solar eclipse, Michele stood beside Willow Bay with eclipse tourists from New York, New Jersey, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Maryland, District of Columbia and even North Dakota….

We made a brief stop at Geneva-on-the-Lake — Michelle’s first at look at a Great Lake (Erie, in this case) –then pressed on through cold rain and flurry-ing snow, arriving…

Not my favorite campground — a couple in British Columbia and one in NE Oregon top the list — but I do like sitting beside the Mississippi at Tom Sawyer’s…

With Michele Kincaid and her two tiny Schnauzers, Bella and Bogie, Millie and I are on the road again, headed for a return visit to Willow Bay Campground beside Allegheny…

If your first contact with a redbud tree is in summer or fall or winter, you won’t be impressed. It’s as twisted as a mesquite but without the likelihood of…

Soon the ‘gators will bestir themselves, throw back their blankets of season-long snooze and work their way quietly through the rusty waters of Texas’ largest natural lake. As water temps…

Few things say spring like a 40-degree diurnal swing, a sunny day, and kayakers on the water. Temperature this morning at Caddo Lake State Park was 24 degrees. This afternoon?…

With temperatures in the teens, Caddo Lake State Park is closed to campers… icy roads and steep hills would preclude any emergency vehicles in or out. And, freezing precip always…

Though the lovely woods are dark and deep, even the campers are caught up in the holiday spirit. Millie and I hope for you that your Christmas was even half…

Millie and I are encamped at Sawmill Pond, Caddo Lake State Park. We’ll over-winter here as hosts beside the most beguiling lakeside Park in Texas.