ABILENE STATE PARK
About 15 miles south of Abilene, TX. this park is still green. The affects of the drought and wildfires have spared the area and all is lush and vibrant.
RED OAK
We had no sooner pulled into our camping site when five of the local deer herd sauntered in looking for handouts. They're really quite tame and I wouldn't doubt that the maintenance folks here have them all named.
(Blogspost editing is not cooperating this morning so you'll have to look at it
un-centered.)
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Abilene State Park?
Yep, Abilene State Park, just a little southwest of Abilene, Texas.
I scrolled back up and saw you had identified it right at the top. Some real nice CCC buildings there as I recall.
The buildings you're talking about are strong and yet exquisitely quiet. Everything looked as if it had been closed and not used for quite some time...A quote, "1933 through September 1934 and then June-September 1935--by two distinct CCC companies--one a mixed-race unit of World War I veterans, the other an all-black veterans' group. Working with native and local materials, such as limestone and red Permian sandstone, these mature men crafted the concession building’s high masonry arches and the pool shelters’ pyramidal roofs, designs reminiscent of classic Romanesque architecture. The many cut red-sandstone features—visible on structures as diverse as picnic tables and pergolas—were the vision of Texas architects David Castle of Abilene, and Olin Boese"
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