Length of stay: 3 weeks
Location: Whitney, TX
We made our way from Mystic Quarry to Lake Whitney Thousand Trails Campground. This is near to where part of Kyle's family lives, so we thought we'd spend some time there visiting with family. It is also about an hour and a half from where our daughter lives, so that makes it convenient for visiting with her as well.
The park is close to Whitney, TX and there is a nice grocery store just a few miles up the road. The post office is near the downtown area, which is probably just 2 miles from where the grocery store is located. Walmart is about 30 minutes away in a nearby town. There are a number of restaurants in town that were very tasty! (Tres Hermanos Mexican Restaurant, Texas Great Country Cafe & Pie Pantry, Milano's Pizza)
This is an older park and does have a fair share of issues. We first found a 50 Amp FHU spot that didn't have the best of shade and was pretty warm, but then we decided to drive around a bit and scout out a better location that had more shade, as well as a stronger cell signal. We found a spot in the "D" section closer to the entrance of the park that suited our needs better and came available just a couple of days after we got there. The ladies in the office were very understanding and we got moved over there without any hassle at all. There was no payable park WiFi available, and the free WiFi was only available at the welcome center or adult lounge. This made getting a better cell signal a top priority, so Kyle's work could be done without complication. The site itself was fairly level, not too much had to be done to maintain such. There was plenty of room between sites so you didn't feel like you were right on top of your neighbor.
At the time they had a family pool and and adult pool/hot tub & lounge. We spent a couple of evenings at the pools and met some great folks in the park during our stay. They were both well maintained and very clean. The bathrooms nearby were also very well kept. The adult lounge was located upstairs and had a large table (14 chairs), a couple couches, a TV, piano, several jigsaw puzzles and a small wet bar area. The activity center near the family pool was not open when we were there, but did have a cafe/kitchen attached to it.
They have a wide variety of activities available throughout the park. Such as:
- Horseshoes
- Outdoor Checkers
- Putt Putt Golf/Mini-Golf
- Volleyball Court
- Pickleball Courts
- Tennis Courts
- Basketball Courts
- Hiking Trails
- Lake Access
- Horse Trailer Parking/Horse Pen
- On-site laundry room (credit or debit card operated machines)
While staying at the park later in the year we purchased an inflatable kayak for me to have for some exercise and recreation. The lake access is towards the back of the property, about 30 ft from a parking area. I was able to set up & launch from there and enjoyed a great paddle on Lake Whitney in December 2018 (and never fell in/tipped over!!).
While this park has limited 50 Amp FHU (full hook-ups), several annual siteholders (people whose RV stays on a site in the park year round and they pay a separate fee to "own" that particular site full-time and said site is not available to transient travelers), and several sites with bags over the pedestals denoting need for the electrical to be worked on to be operational; this is still a park we would visit again. The ease of access to family is a top reason we have been to this park several times over the year. We've been fortunate that the other times we have visited Lake Whitney Thousand Trails, we have gotten that same site in the "D" loop.
Around Christmas, we even managed to rent a cabin while we were staying in the park for our kids to come down and spend a week with us for the holidays. They were smaller cabins (small kitchen, bedroom with full bed and bunk bed, full bathroom with shower, living/dining area with fold out couch, TV with cable, and BBQ grill with propane). Picture below is from their website and not a picture of the cabin the kids stayed in while visiting.
Due to our previous engagements in Texas, we decided to stay in the state and go about visiting all seven of the Thousand Trails parks in the state before headed outward at the end of the year, so the next several posts will reflect those travels.
Happy adventuring friends! Hope to see you on the road!
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