OK. It's not a huge national park and it's not even a well-known Texas state park. But it was about the only park left where we could get a reservation for this weekend! OK, I guess we kind of waited until the last minute to reserve a site.
Anyway, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife website:
Seminole Canyon State Park and Historic Site in Val Verde County, west of Comstock, contains 2172.5 acres; the park was acquired by purchase from private owners in 1973 - 1977 and opened in February 1980. Early man first visited this area 12,000 years ago, a time when now-extinct species of elephant, camel, bison, and horse roamed the landscape. The climate at that time was more moderate than today and supported a more lush vegetation that included pine, juniper, and oak woodlands in the canyons, with luxuriant grasslands on the uplands. These early people developed a hunting culture based upon large mammals, such as the mammoth and bison.
We are planning on taking a guided tour of the canyon where some of North America's oldest Indian pictographs are located and is one of the oldest cave dwellings in North America. Hopefully, we can make the hike without slowing down the guide or the rest of the group!
Some have voiced concerns about camping this close to the Rio Grande and Mexico. I figure this country is so dang rough that no one would bother trying to cross here!
So, I'll let you know how the camping goes. This will be the first time we take our Pop Up Tent Camper away for more than one night. I hope we have all the bugs worked out but really, Who Knows?
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