our pastimes: GLAMPING
Come Glamp With Me —
The Best Is Yet To Be
By MARK BROWN
PHOTOS BY DENISE BROWN
Cedar Hill State Park Offers
Great Scenery, Excellent RV
Accommodations, And A Glimpse
Into Another Era.
A
group of our Glamping friends called us last fall.
“Let’s go on a trip while we’re off for the holiday,”
one of them said.
Life had been hectic for us, and, frankly spending four
days in the wild with friends, cooking steaks over a
campfire, and drinking coffee by the firelight seemed to
be just what my wife and I needed. We all wanted to get
away, just not too far away.
I do a good bit of air travel in my work and Glamping
is a great way to “get the knots out of your rope,” in the
words of Curly in “City Slickers.”
We chose Cedar Hill State Park. It is less than an
hour from our home in Aledo, and just the right distance
for me. There’s a historical aspect to the park (I’ll tell you
more about that later), something several of us like. It’s a
scenic park with plenty of foliage and a variety of wildlife
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