Jen and I decided to use the last month of our annual state park pass to visit some of the state parks within a couple of hours drive of home that we had not been to before. Lake Brownwood State Park is a little more than two hours' drive northwest of our home, in the southeast portion of the Texas panhandle. We were there on a sunny, but cool January day with few park visitors.
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The sign at the boat ramp. I don't know if the recommendation against swimming is related to water quality or water hazards. We didn't even bring our swimsuits... |
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A view of the lake from a small hill near the boat ramps. We only heard a couple of boats out on the lake all afternoon. |
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At the top of the little hill was a circular stone sitting area. We were there late in the afternoon, when the shadows were long. |
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The park store operates a gas pump for motorboats. The store was closed when we were there late Sunday. |
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$1.635/gallon was actually a fairly competitive price for unleaded gasoline. On the way home, in the city of Brownwood, the best price we saw at a gas station was $1.599/gallon. I also found it interesting that the price included 5/10 of a cent instead of the usual 9/10 of a cent. |
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We walked a ways down the beach before stopping to admire the view. Despite being a sunny Sunday afternoon with air temperature in the low 60s Fahrenheit, there were no boats out on the lake. There were no park visitors around, either. It was very peaceful. |
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Jen, ready to head home. |
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