Yesterday, I was a slug and Peggy did the wash. She found a laundry facility here in the park that is remote from the main campground and took the duds for a scrub there. She noted that the laundry facility is located such that you can get the best view in the park of Lake Conroe from the parking lot.
Today, however, we were out and about and took a drive up through nearby Sam Houston National Forest about 20 minutes north of our campground. We found a good road with a bridge that took us into the forest and across a finger of Lake Conroe. The terrain around there is pretty much big lake on one side and swampy forest on the other. We found a place down Kagle Road (no kidding) where there are many currently almost-vacant campgrounds that have an abundance of terrific campsites right along Lake Conroe. Full hookups, flush toilets, bike trails, hiking opportunities and all for $19 a night with a federal geezer pass.
Out on I-45 which bisects the National Forest, some funny Texans have erected an enormous statue of Sam Houston. Funny it’s not down the road in Houston. On the way back home we also passed by a big housing development with a strange marketing strategy. Their marketing strategy pundits must have said “we want folks to feel whole here” and the PR guys ran with it. They now have put up a series of billboards next to the road that advertise “A WHOLE community” and “A WHOLE lifestyle.” They may be right.
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