It’s hard to believe that in a week we will be wrapping up our first joint park hosting job at Huntsville State Park in Texas. The weather is warming up and we’ll be trying to outrun the heat again heading north for the summer. Our current plan is to head to South Dakota the beginning of May to work at a KOA campground there for the summer.
When we got to Huntsville we had ideas that we would enjoy working as park hosts – we didn’t expect to love it as much as we have and that we would find family here. From the moment we got here we were welcomed and while a few were a bit standoffish at first – some people adapt to new people different than others – we now feel like we truly have found family here. From the lunches out with the park hosts at the spur of the moment, random meetings while driving through the park, Wednesday morning wood splitting where there are older people outworking some younger people I know – this experience has been one of the best times of my life.
Our spot is truly one of the best in the park – we have a deck that was put in as the ground underneath the deck was deteriorating and allows the outdoor space to be usable. We’ve spent a lot of time with our propane firepit and our grill on that deck watching the trees and the lake. We’ve grilled a lot of meals from that deck, had a few adult beverages, and just listened to the wind all while contemplating just how lucky we are.
The current plan for the rest of the year after our time in South Dakota is that we are planning to be back here in December through March of 2024. We’ve already been told by the park superintendent that we are welcome back and it appears we’ll have this spot again – that makes leaving next week a bit more bearable to us. We know we don’t want to be in East Texas in the height of the summer but it’s still hard to leave our little home in the Pineywoods.
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