Lake Whitney State Park

Lake Whitney State Park

Visited 3-16-2013 to 3-17-2013

This was our first stop on our spring break tour.   This park has a large shared lake and an airfield for small personal aircraft such single-manned helicopters.  With limited space for camping, the park is designed to be used for fishing, swimming, boating, and flying, but not much more.  This park would be great for groups of campers for social functions but if a family wants a more authentic or at least feel like camping, this is not the place.  However, there is plenty of room for horseshoes, tag football, volleyball, or whatever you wish (and bring).  Hiking is limited as far as trails and Geocaching is limited to the Texas Geochallenge unless you want to leave the park area.

I did draw this picture prior to going to Lake Whitney but ironically we did see a blue herring in the water.   He wasn't near a downed tree but believe me, there are plenty, along with stick reeds in the water.  The sandy/clay shore was a pleasant surprise.  We felt safe enough to peel off our shoes and dip our toes in the semi-clear water.

The fish literally taunted us splashing impressively close to shore, yet we could not get a nibble on our line.  Of course we only had spinners and false bait to tempt and the wind was merciless.

This and all my pictures are one-of-a-kind, never-to-be-reproduced originals done in watercolor pencils and ink.  You can keep it for a keepsake or return it to another geocache to be found again but please whatever you do, don't destroy it.  It is a piece of our family.