Trip Report: Canyon of the Eagles, TX
MikenDeb
night's stay at the new LCRA (Lower Colorado River Authority) Park on
the north shore of Lake Bucanan in Central Texas. The park has only
been open since Sept. '99. There is a Lodge/Motel (rooms ~$90 &
up/night), A nice restaurant (dinner plates $8.95 to $14.95), RV park
with 30 spaces with full hook-ups ($30/night including entry fee), a
tents-only primitive area with water $20/night, and another totally
primitive tent area $12/night.
If you like to hike, bird watch, star gaze, like staying in remote
locations far from anything, and love total silence...this is the
place! The "Vanishing River Cruise" takes off from the Park to view
the wintering Bald Eagles around the Lake.
The motel rooms (excuse me, The Lodge rooms) have no TV's. The walls
aren't very well soundproofed. You share your balcony with your
neighbor. In a nod to environmentalism, saving the birds or some such,
they built few parking spaces, and the parking is a 150 yard walk from
your room for loading and unloading. They have a "low light" protocol
at night, so they give you a flash light with your room key. They have
an observatory up on a hill (empty 1 room building with a hole in the
roof according to a friend of mine) but the road up to it was closed.
Everything in the park is new, including the computer system, and the
staff at the Lodge desk or in the restuarant do not know how to work it
yet.
The RV park is nice with what I call "state-of-the-art" bathrooms (8
individual unisex shower/toilets in stead of Mens/Womens) which I like
alot. But at $24/night + $2 per person entry fee ($30 for us), it's
over priced, especially when you consider that nearby Inks State Park
is $18/ night. All spaces in the tents-only campground fronted the
Lake and were spread out nicely.
Even though my review sounds negative, I would still recommend it for a
night's stay, especially if you want to do the "Vanishing River boat
Cruise" which takes you up the Lake and into the river to try and catch
a glimpse of the wintering Bald Eagles. We did not do the cruise this
time, but I hear it's great.
M.Mason, Austin TX
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Robert Pitney
Great review. Thirty dollars a night does sound kind of steep compared
the state parks. Just stayed at Tyler State Park for $15.00 a night
with water and electric in a campsite right on the lake. Now if we can
just get the same kind of weather I had at Tyler for the NTPUCA campout!
See you in ten days!
Bob Pitney
Sydney1717
Perhaps you would consider going to http://www.tellalltravel.com and posting a
review there - for all campers to see permanently.
Thanks
L.
Mark J Strawcutter
>review there - for all campers to see permanently.
Perhaps you could consider making such requests via private email. But then
you wouldn't get free advertising...
Mark J Strawcutter
Indiana PA
'97 Coleman Key West