Our first camping turned out to be very decent camping. If you want to try the place for your family's first camping, then Martin Dies Jr. Park is the recommended choice. From Houston, take US Highway 59 north to Livingston, and then travel east on US Highway 190 for 65 miles to the park via Park Road 48.
We got there two weeks before Thanksgiving 2009. The forecasting was uncertain with rain and cold. The D-Day... aha... It was no rain nor cold (about 60s midnight) . The weather was just on our side :-) The sky was clear and you could see star (a lot of shooting stars) at night.
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