[Coastal] question for the Houston area ...

[Bulgarelli Maria]

Ulstead,

Thanks for the info.  I thought the $3 per day tripper
charge was part of it.  I was wondering how it would
work out as the guy was telling me the prices.  The
ranger I spoke to said we'd have to be careful about
drinking.  He said they weren't going to go around
sniffing peoples drinks so if we did have drinking out
there it would have to be discretely wet.  

This is all great info though.  Thanks Ulstead.  I now
have something to go on when I go out next weekend.

Maria
--- "Steelquist, John F"
<John.F.Steelquist at boeing.com> wrote:

> Cost was a driver.  As a state park, everyone who
> spent the night was
> paid for for *each* night, and $3 per head for all
> day-trippers, as well
> (and additional costs to rent the hall).  In
> addition, although nice,
> the showers were across the creek.  And *no* archery
> was allowed,
> although equestrian *was* allowed on the far side of
> the river.  And
> they used to provide porta-privies, but we had to
> start providing
> additional ones, too.  And we had a nice working
> relationship with the
> ranger, but he got started getting pressure to be
> stricter about the
> rules (no alcohol, parking only in the (too small)
> lot, etc).  And yes,
> the gate had to be locked at 10:00 pm (but we were
> allowed to provide a
> gate guard who could open and close it for late
> arrivals or departures).
> And you couldn't pre-reserve the camping areas, so
> the autocrat had to
> get there at 8 am on the Friday of the event to snag
> the sites we
> usually used.  An additional bonus was that you
> could pre-reserve the
> cabins - 1 slept about 12, the other about 40
> (common-room style).
> Those cost about $10 a day, and often the autocrat
> and/or visiting
> nobility were given first shot to pay for its use.
> 
> Ulsted
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bulgarelli Maria
> [mailto:scarlettmb at sbcglobal.net] 
> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 3:45 PM
> To: Coastal list
> Subject: [Coastal] question for the Houston area ...
> 
> i have a question.  Seveal years ago we used a site
> over in the Kingwood
> area called Lake Houston State Park.  I was
> wondering why we stopped
> using it.  Can anyone give me an idea?  The site was
> really nice, had
> real bathrooms, showers, and a nice lodge with a
> real kitchen.  What
> happened?
> 
> Maria
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