View Full Version : Fairfield Lake State Park-June 14-15
mikethebeard
06-09-2013, 22:42
looks like me and the little lady are going to head out to fairfield this coming weekend. mainly to test gear and enjoy the Texas weather. Really any excuse to do nothing but hang out all weekend. so it also came to mind that it may be a good time to finally meet some of you amazing forum members. we are heading up their friday evening and staying till sunday, if anyone is interested.
I'll probably see you there Saturday night!
Hmm...we are supposed to be going to Dinosaur Valley Friday night thru Saturday, but...I may have to talk with the wife and see what she says about changing our plans to get together.
What campsite are ya'll gonna be at? Primitive or one of the established ones?
UncleMJM
06-10-2013, 07:24
My son and I might be able to make it out there. Crossing our fingers that the schedule will work.
The primitive area is a great first time backpacking option. The trail is less than three miles in and there is a flushing toilet and water spigot close to the campsites so if porcelain thrones are important, this place has it. There are trees for several hammocks but not near as dense as some of the car camp options.
Springfield is a water only section that has showers, plenty of trees and is a great place for hammocks. In fact that is the part of Fairfield where we have our annual fall group hang in November.
The park staff is great and the place is very hammock friendly.
My wife and I are up for whatever yall wanna do. We're no stranger to backpacking and we're also good with established sites. We're just out to fine tune our hammocks before our 5 day trip to the ouachita mountains next month.
mikethebeard
06-10-2013, 08:18
We will probably grab a spot in the water only section, tempted to try the primitive, but will most likely go with water only in reserving a spot Thursday, so I'll give a heads up when I know where we will be
Sounds good. Whatever works for you guys works for us. We'll only be hanging one night, we'll head out around late morning saturday to get back home since we both work that night but it'll be good to meet some local hangers and get some ideas since my wife and I just started out.
mikethebeard
06-10-2013, 14:29
Sounds good. We should be leaving the Conroe area around 7ish on Friday, you may beat us to the park
Yeah we'll be there around 4 or so.
Incoming
06-10-2013, 19:04
Nice lake and the kayak is really needing some time in the water but I'm still up to my eye balls with downed trees left over ftom that last **** twister that went through. Ya'll have fun.
I'm gonna reserve a spot at Springfield tonight. Let me know if you want me to reserve 2 and ill pm you the info on it if you want.
mikethebeard
06-12-2013, 10:57
I'm going to go ahead and get mine either this evening or tomorrow morning, Then try our hardest to be there before 9
If I didn't have two weddings to attend on Saturday, I'd definitely head up there. Have fun.
Cogneato
06-13-2013, 08:56
This sounds like fun, but I'm doing too much musically to jump on board!! :(
UncleMJM
06-13-2013, 20:10
The schedule worked out so we can make it so my son and I plan to be there.
We have a site reserved at Springfield loop, in the water only section, and plan to be there just for a sub 24 so we'll get there Friday afternoon/early evening and leave Saturday early afternoon.
Fairfield is like home away from home and I'm glad to head that way again. I'm looking forward to meeting some more Texas hangers. I'm also looking forward to paddling the lake and splashing a bit to cool down some.
We're doing the same. We'll get there early afternoon Friday and head out early Saturday, and we're in the same area. Looking forward to it.
mikethebeard
06-13-2013, 21:43
yep yep good stuff we should be there as early as we can friday evening. and are also in springfield loop. although i may be the only one in a hammock... oh well lol
Haha, we'll be in a white Ford Excursion, 2 hammocks hung in the site. If ya'll see us stop by and say hello.
mikethebeard
06-13-2013, 22:16
we will be the red jeep and blue kayak, please feel free to do the same,
there should also bee two enos in the trees as well
If you guys get out there and wanna meet up, feel free to text 214-620-0996. That's a number that will forward anything it gets to my cell, so I can use it for folks I don't know and don't want to actually have my cell number, but still get messages.
mikethebeard
06-14-2013, 20:05
We are like 40 min out....... Had to make a pit stop at buccees:D:D
Had a good time, looking forward to that group hang in November :D
It was good meeting you guys. Sorry we had to leave out so early, we both had to be at work later that day. We are making arrangements for the group hang in November to be off so we can attend.
UncleMJM
06-16-2013, 15:01
We had a great time too and look forward to hanging again when we have more time and cooler temps.
Watch for the planning thread for the November hang. I'll start it sometime in late July or August. The date is already on the HF main calendar so check it out.
In the meantime keep your eyes on the planning forum for other times like the heat stroke inducing Baked Butt hang in July. There's some great folks that I think you'd enjoy going on that one.
I was considering the baked butt hang, but we'll be doing our own baking in Arkansas on Eagle Rock Loop with the boys.
While we were out and about Saturday morning, we got to see one of the Bald Eagles you were talking about. It was perched up high looking across the lake, managed to get one decent shot at it, but he was pretty far away and we weren't able to get close enough to get a real good shot.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y60/-stardust-/IMG_1065_zps1b79ca42.jpg (http://s3.photobucket.com/user/-stardust-/media/IMG_1065_zps1b79ca42.jpg.html)
mikethebeard
06-16-2013, 23:02
so happy to meet all of you guys, will deff have to be there in november
Sorry we didn't hang Saturday mike, we wanted to but head to jet asap for work but in November we'll be out for the weekend.
You guys were talking about backpacking, we hit eagle rock loop in Arkansas several times a year if yall ever wanna come along. It's a beautiful place with some decent elevation changes and good water supply.