RV Trip to Cute Little Bonham State Park

This past Saturday, George and I trekked on over to Bonham State Park in Bonham, Texas in the RV. We recently bought bicycles and passes for Texas State parks so we were (and are) on the lookout for parks with bike trails. Bonham State Park has 11 miles of trails and it's only 90 minutes from our house. A couple of state parks are much closer but this was a last minute trip and the closer parks were full.

According to the Texas State Parks video about Bonham State Park, it's one of the smallest parks in Texas. In fact, there are only 14 RV spots! Nevertheless, it's a comfy little place for fishing, swimming, hiking and biking. Paddle boats and canoes can be rented too.

The view to the lake from our RV.

We took a morning walk on Sunday.

George and the girls walking

down to the covered pavilion.

From the pavilion, looking 

over to part of the RV area.

We were parked next to trees on the farthest end.

You can see our front wheels just above the 

gray and yellow tent and just past the white pickup. 

From the pavilion, the left side of 

the lake and a volleyball area.

Can you see the two chairs on the point?

People are fishing in that spot.

From the pavilion, the 

right side of the lake.

As you can probably tell, the beach is 

near the pavilion too. The ducks were 

keeping it warm until swimmers arrive.

In the distance, at the far end of the 

lake is a wooden one-lane bridge.

George and the girls.

Three girls.

We really loved this quaint park!

Amidst all those trees around the lake is a road. George and I biked around it and it was fun, except for the part where we couldn't make it up a hill so we had to walk our bikes up but it didn't take long. The park is so small that the entire ride around it took less than 20 minutes. I think Geo said it was about a mile and a half--something like that.

The night before, George explored one of the trails on his bike. He said the trail was quite wooded and he cleared out every cobweb in the process! One cobweb was stretched across the bike path with a GIANT SPIDER in the middle! YIKES! He threw his arm up and kept truckin' along. That experience is the reason we decided to ride on the road. Fall would be awesome though and we will check it out then.

Sunday was Father's Day, and Josh and Sheri came out for the day.  Michael had to work so Michael, Crystal and the boys didn't make it. We chowed down and had a nice visit. Unfortunately, we forgot to get pics. 

On Monday morning, we planned to bike around the lake some more before heading home but it was pouring rain. All in all, it was a very nice spur-of-the-moment trip and we will go back.

Happy Trails and Smiles to you!     

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