Lake Mineral Wells State Park | Mineral Wells TX

[@weekendhikers]

Nice Video! 👌🏻 Thanks for sharing! @Weekend Hikers

[@DudeRV]

Thanks for watching! Im ao glad you liked it!

[@johnnunya4776]

I think it’s great that you clean up where others just walk by it.

[@DudeRV]

I always leave my site cleaner than it was when I arrived. Thanks for watching!

[@michaelcompton4147]

Really wanted to see the finished product of the steak!...Love your videos...we've been there twice but never camped...we will be there Memorial weekend!

[@DudeRV]

That steak was fantastic! Mostly due to the dinning location! I hope the water is back up when you get there. Thanks for watching!

[@paulh3479]

I was at this park a week ago after watching your video. Such a beautiful park! I have to be back to camp here now. I was disappointed for one reason: I made 2 day trips to the park, and yet I never saw even one deer. But the views from penitentiary hollow more than made up for it. Absolutely spectacular, especially in the morning listening to the birds and viewing the lake! Thank you for your videos, I look forward to watching more of them!

[@DudeRV]

You are most welcome! I am so surprised that you did not see any deer! I saw more here than in any other Texas state park!

[@paulh3479]

Just another reason why I have to visit Lake Mineral Wells State Park again soon. My mind is totally blown that you spotted a tarantula there! Seems to me a Texan would have to travel to Big Bend in order to encounter one of those. Thanks for sharing!

[@DudeRV]

@@paulh3479 I have seen tarantulas in a lot of places in north Texas. I live north of McKinney and we have a very healthy population there. thanks for watching!!

[@paulh3479]

@@DudeRV Thank you for your videos. I very much enjoy them. As for tarantulas, the last time I saw one was at a rattlesnake zoo kind of place in Fort Davis. Living under the canopy of pine trees here near Tyler I don't often get a chance to venture out to where they habitat. I need to go west more often!

[@DudeRV]

@@paulh3479 We visited that same strange reptile zoo in Fort Davis!

[@tillingwall]

I’m back home today, but it’s interesting that we happen to have rented that spot #60 this week. And your right that spot is awesome. End to end deer 🦌. Clean, quite, easy access.

[@DudeRV]

So glad you enjoyed it! thanks for watching!!

[@paulh3479]

One more thing that I'd like to add: I use a tube smoker for pellets also when I smoke meat in my electric smoker as a way to supplement more smoke. If you have one, a heat gun works very well in igniting the pellets in the tube.

[@DudeRV]

I too use a pellet tube! If there is a burn ban and I have to pull out the propane fire pit the tube smoke works great to ad that smoke smell. thanks for sharing!!

[@chrisfox21882]

Hey Bob great video. I never knew Lake Mineral Wells was such a hidden gem, especially considering I've lived so close to it most of my life. What did you say the brand name for your smoker tube was? I am looking to add one to my gear.

[@DudeRV]

I love that campground! Such a beautiful place! AS for the smoker tube, It seems to be unavailable on Amazon but here is one that will work and I have a longer one from Kampfire that I uses on my big gas grill. amzn.to/3xGCteo Thanks for watching!

[@chrisfox21882]

@@DudeRV thanks for the info. I ended up getting the Kingsford tube, but I might get this one so I'll have backup. Thanks.

[@bobbyd4406]

How was the steak? I liked the smoke idea. How was it?

[@DudeRV]

That steak was freaking awesome! Thank you so much for watching!

[@jimwolf9924]

That was an awesome video my friend. Another on for the bucket list. Thanks.

[@DudeRV]

thanks Jim I appreciate your saying that! what did you like best and what could I do better?

[@4nascar17]

Deb was cooking bacon and looked up and a deer was 20 yards away watching her cook. They are all over that park.We enjoyed the boulder cliffs and lake. Thanks BB

[@DudeRV]

I just wish I had scheduled 2 nights instead of the one! I did not have time to get over to the boulder cliffs, not that I could really do much climbing but I really wanted to see what was going on there. thanks for watching!

[@Freedom83162]

Oh damn a tarantula. I haven't seen one of those in years.

[@DudeRV]

Glad I could bring back some memories! Hope they were good ones and not of the nightmare variety! thanks for watching and subbing!

[@randyc9656]

We live about 30 minutes away from that park , we go there all the time

[@DudeRV]

You are so lucky! Thanks for watching!

[@twatson6252]

What is up with all the negative feedback about what you are doing. I think you are doing a fine job. Boy some people.

[@DudeRV]

There are lots of negative and nasty people in the world and they all seem to hanging around on KZbin because no one wants them hanging around with them! LOL! thanks for the kind words and most of all thanks for watching and subbing!!

[@twatson6252]

I hope to run into you one day at a state park and share some stories lol. If my health allows it . Until then I sure enjoy watching. It means a lot to people like me that are in bad health to still get to ride along with the you tubers and see what we probably would never get too any other way so thank you.

[@DudeRV]

I am honored that you follow me on my travels and am so glad that I can bring some little joy into your life. Having been mostly house-bound for almost a decade I completely understand. That is one of the reasons why I do what I do. If you do happen to see me some time, please give me a shout! thanks for watching and subbing!

[@genegodwin769]

I would like see some more video of just being around the rv site . Cooking being around the campfire activity like that .

[@DudeRV]

thanks for the feedback! I actually lost some footage of the campsite, Im not sure how but it is gone so I did what I could with what I have. thanks for watching and subbing!

[@philipmontgomery6320]

Bob, New Subscriber here. A suggestion: Since you do a drive around how about showing more campsites please. I am one of those that dislikes having the table, grill and fire ring on the wrong side of the RV (makes no sense in many cases). So this would help in choosing in new parks we aren't familiar with. Thanks

[@DudeRV]

Philip I am most grateful for your support! Your suggestion has lots of merit. I do my best to point out some of the better sites but the amount of time required to highlight every individual sites would result in extremely long videos. Also there is a website that already visits each site, campsitephotos.net ( I think ) also we should see a whole new reservation system for Texas State Parks this year that will allow us to actually reserve a specific campsite rather than the way it is now where we reserve a spot and hope we end up with a good one when we arrive. The new system is supposed to be similar to recreation.gov where we can actually see pics and reviews of each campsite. I do appreciate your suggestion and am most grateful for you subscribing! thanks a whole bunch for watching too!!

[@philipmontgomery6320]

@@DudeRV Yep, Can't wait for the new site to start doing something, LOL Appreciate your time and I hadn't heard of the site you mentioned, thanks. I have a MeWe group for Texas Camping and I'll pass on the info. Thanks, again.

[@DudeRV]

MeWe Group? @@philipmontgomery6320 please tell us what that is! You are welcome! thanks for watching!

[@philipmontgomery6320]

@@DudeRV MeWe is the Social Network Alternative to FaceBook's tracking robots, advertisements, etc. My Group is Texas Camping, it is about Camping at Texas State Parks, Local Parks, or Boondocking at Campgrounds and Other Interesting Texas Camping Places. I try to post a little something having to deal with State Parks everyday. Manly from the Parks Web Page. mewe.com/join/texas_camping

[@twatson6252]

We lived next a large cemetery when I was a kid and them tarantulas would come out of it in droves and crawl up our screens and doors and sometimes get in the house. We used to shoot them with our bb guns. They will rear up and even jump at you. Nasty things uggh.

[@DudeRV]

I used to see them all the time as a kid as well, now that I live in tha big city I have only seen them at the zoo! thanks for watching and subbing!

[@CampingFamily]

Well Bite my Butt, Deer and Tarantulas.... what else could we ask for? Great video as usual!! :)

[@DudeRV]

how about some nachos and cold beer? Thanks for watching! I do appreciate your support!

[@marilynnarnold811]

Didn't see no puma.

[@DudeRV]

it is there.

[@tarlplank4099]

Maybe not a good idea to take our small dogs there with that big cat out there!

[@elkeanddon]

Not a bad video and seen what I wanted to find out. I love to eat steak but sorry save it for another video. That's not why I came here. Maybe start a camping BBQ channel.

[@DudeRV]

Howdy Don! thanks for your feedback! Thanks a whole bunch for watching and subbing!