Camping @ Eisenhower State Park

This past weekend me, my wife, and some of our friends went camping at Eisenhower State Park (ESP) near Denison, TX.  It was really a nice park.  One of the things that I am having to get used to is the way the park system is ran in Texas.  It is a little different than my days of camping in Arkansas.  In Texas, every park has a day use fee.  This makes it a little bit more expensive to stay at a park since it is usually my wife and I together.  So, this weekend, we paid $20 just to be in the park for two days.  Other than that, the park is pretty standard.  The campsites are nice, well kept, and reasonably priced.  There is one feature that came in handy this past weekend.  They have a pretty nice swimming hole.  At the park, there is a cove that has rock walls on two sides, a beach on the third, and what would be the fourth is open to Lake Texoma (obviously because it is a cove).  The water was so nice, because it was consistently 108 degrees on Saturday.  Needless to say, we were in the water a lot.  Due to the heat, we didn’t get to do much else.  My wife and I tried to go fishing, but it was to hot to stand out on an exposed, metal dock for any length of time.

All in all, ESP was nice, but the weather made it tough to enjoy.  I’m sure we will go again when it is cooler and enjoy everything the park has to offer.  Below is an official video the park service has put on Youtube about ESP: