Friday, May 21, 2010

Lake Livingston State Campground




We deviated on our scheduled trip to visit this lake to check out waterfront lots. This lake is about an hour northeast of Houston, Texas. This is a beautiful heavily treed park. No satellite reception & air card did not work here so we missed Americon Idol. Campsites are 90 feet apart and come with water & 50 amp electric or full hookups including sewer. We chose the water & electric site for $18 per night. The state park also charges day use fee per person in addition to camping fee of $2 per person per night. The premium sites are waterfront with full hookups. The park was very clean and all natural landscaping. I would rate this park F****. The lake is huge, bigger than Lake Tahoe; but water clarity was not very good, very murky and full of green algea. I would not swim in this lake. Caught a torrential downpour at a shopping center and got soaked running to the car. Barbequed some hamburgers in the rain and found some good values for houses on the lake. We found a one bedroom house with separate garage on a huge 4 parcel lot. They called it 1/2 acre, but based on our current half acre, this one seems twice as large. This lot had no access to the water but had a wonderful view of the lake and was priced at only $100K. I would certainly consider buying this one if it were not for the murky lake water. Also, it is really humid here too.

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