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There's Something Special About Fall in Texas. the Nights Lengthen 2 0 1 for 6 FALL PARKS There’s something special about fall in Texas. The nights lengthen, the weather cools, and the mystery of nature beckons stronger than ever. Transformation is in the air, and as the sun sets, many parks transform into a celebration of the strange and spooky. Others tell stories of harvest and the history of our ancestors. Whatever it is that makes fall fun for you, you’ll find it in a Texas State Park. Before attending any event, please check with the park to confirm applicable fees and charges, availability, and to ensure the event is still taking place. Visit www.TexasStateParks.org/holidays for the most up-to-date information on State Park holidays and promotions. FREE ON VETERANS DAY! In honor of both veterans and active military, entrance fees for all visitors will be waived at all Texas State Parks on Sunday, November 13, the Sunday after Veterans Day. We appreciate your service and hope you’ll make a State Park part of your celebration. Camping and other activity fees still apply. To find more information on state parks in general, visit www.texasstateparks.org or call (800) 792-1112, option 3. Abilene State Park from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. You’ll have the soapberry. Enjoy tales of the railroad opportunity to participate in a seabag turned trailway. Be sure to bring your Oct. 15 Fall Dance 7–10 p.m. inspection, interact with artifacts like camera for various wildlife and landscape Waltz or polka under the big West Texas helmets and projectiles, learn about crew photography opportunities. $10 per seat, sky on the park’s historic dance floor. Enjoy life aboard Texas, and create a patriotic reservations required. Weather permitting. the live music provided by The Muddy craft! For more information, please e-mail Creek Band and let your boots slide across [email protected]. Cleburne State Park a floor that has hosted dances for genera- tions. Regular entrance fees apply. Nov. 19 Texas After Dark Oct. 29 3rd Annual Trick-Or-Treat 5 p.m. & 7 p.m. in the Park 5:30–8 p.m. Oct. 29 Halloween in the Park 7–9 p.m. Have you ever wanted to hear about the The park will provide a safe place for Come out and enjoy all the fun and darker side of Battleship Texas? This trick-or-treating. Campers who decorate festivities of the season, for free! Enjoy a adults-only tour (ages 18 and up) will take their site, pass out candy and stay two safe trick or treat location with your little visitors through the ship after hours and nights (28th and 29th) will get one night tricksters while walking through our share stories about the gambling, fighting, free. Prizes will be awarded to the best spooky woods with one of our ghost drinking, and other mischief aboard the decorated campsite. Reservations MUST guides. Costume and site contests will be ship! These never-before-heard stories are be made at the park. Call (817) 645-4215 to held with amazing prizes for our spookiest! taken straight from our crew member oral make reservations. Free entry for adults Nov. 5 Frontier Day 9 a.m.–4 p.m. histories. Note: This is not a haunted ship during Trick-Or-Treat who bring canned Travel back in time to the days of the Texas tour. Reservations required. Please visit food items. Frontier! Lots of activities for the family www.firsttexasvolunteers.org for more including archery, BB-gun range, living information and reservations. Cooper Lake State Park history farms, Buffalo Soldiers and much Oct. 29 Nature Costume Hike 9 a.m. more! Food trucks will be available as you Caprock Canyons State Park Come out and play a role in the ecosystem! walk through the park enjoying the history Every Friday from Oct. 14 through Nov. 11 Make your costume and play out your role of Texas! $3 per person 13 and above 12 and Fall Foliage Tours 1 hour before sunset along the trail. We will go through some of under free. Tour some of the most scenic parts of the the Sulphur River Bottoms where Native Caprock Canyons Trailway with rangers in Americans and settlers once hunted and Battleship Texas State Historic Site the park van. View the majestic orange and fished. Be on the lookout for wildlife. Nov. 12 Veterans Day Event 11 a.m.–3 p.m. red bluffs of the Caprock Canyonlands Wear hiking boots or shoes, bring a hat, Come join us for a day of patriotic fun! sprinkled with the yellow and orange fall and water. Costume craft supplies will be Guided tours will be offered on the hour foliage of the cottonwood and western provided. Meet at the Coyote Run Trailhead at Heron Harbor. This program may be Oct. 29 Monster Mash Cache portion of the souls who expired while canceled due to weather. Contact the park 9 a.m.–noon staying at Henry’s inn. Presentations (not for updates. Drop by anytime between 9 a.m. and noon recommended for children under 10) will to get a crash course in geocaching. Then be at 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. Davis Mountains State Park hunt for hidden caches containing small Stagecoach rides will take place between Nov. 24 Hey, you Turkeys! Get crafty! Halloween goodies and find the art 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. 3 p.m supplies for making your own “monstrous” craft. Wear your Halloween costume for an Fort Richardson State Park Join our annual afternoon of kids’ crafts at extra treat! Craft supplies are limited, so the Interpretive Center. We’ll get creative, Oct. 22 Trunk or Treat and Ghost Walk come early and don’t miss out. Thanksgiving-style. Children must be 5–8 p.m. supervised for the duration of this program. Oct. 29 Zombie Apocalypse Hike Enjoy a traditional trunk or treat through 2–3 p.m. & 5–6 p.m. all the campsites. Once it’s dark, stroll the Nov. 24 Guided Thanksgiving Hike* historic site looking for ghosts, goblins and 10 a.m. Do you have what it takes to survive the zombie apocalypse? Find out on this fun the dearly departed. Remember to bring a Earn a guiltless Thanksgiving dinner by and informative hike (.5 miles). Learn flashlight. The Friends of Fort Richardson taking a challenging hike with exhilarating emergency wilderness survival skills. Feel have provided a $100 prize for best views. Hike Indian Lodge Trail starting at free to wear your Halloween costume! decorated campsite and a $50 prize for best the campground swing set area, ending at jack-o’-lantern. the Indian Lodge just in time for a mouth- Nov. 5 Colors of the Wind Hike 10–11 a.m. watering holiday meal at the Black Bear Along this 20-minute hike we’ll see how Goliad State Park and Historic Site Restaurant. Moderate to difficult terrain, the trees are changing with the season and 2 hours, 2 miles. observe their different shapes and colors. Nov. 5 15th Annual Fall Harvest Flotilla 9–11 a.m. Nov. 25 Thanksgiving Recovery Hike* At the end hikers have the opportunity to create an ink printing of any fallen leaves Join the park and community partners for 2 p.m. found along the trail. the Canoe Trail Goliad’s 15th Annual Fall Burn off some of those Thanksgiving Harvest Flotilla on the San Antonio River calories with a big hike on Skyline Drive Nov. 19 Thanksgiving Dutch Oven Paddling Trail. Visitors are invited to bring and Old CCC trails. Moderate terrain, Demonstration 4–5 p.m. a non-perishable food item to be donated 2–3 hours, 4.5 miles. Learn how to make a couple easy to the Goliad Food Bank. Thanksgiving dishes in the Dutch oven. Nov. 25 Teeny Tiny Turkey Trot 10 a.m. Come by for some free samples! Bring your little turkeys to the Group Government Canyon Picnic Area for a fun foot race for kids. Nov. 25 Thanksgiving Recovery Hike State Natural Area Everyone will get a prize! 10–11:30 a.m. Oct. 29 Halloween at Government *Dress for weather and terrain (sturdy shoes, Feeling heavy from all the feasting? Canyon SNA 6–9 p.m. hat) and bring enough water for 2–3 hours Come lighten up with this guided fall hike Calling all spooky creatures ages 12 and of hiking. All ages welcome. Dogs welcome, through the park. younger! Come have a howling good time on leashes. Hiking pole recommended. as we go back to the roots of what a spooky Estero Llano Grande State Park Halloween is all about. Show up in your Devil’s Sinkhole State Natural Area Oct. 22 10th Annual Spooky Science Fest creepiest or cutest costume to hunt for 6–10 p.m. “creepy crawlies” and join in our classic Oct. 29 Pumpkin Painting 10 a.m.–3 p.m. Spooky Science Fest has become a Rio costume contest. Scary ghost stories will Pumpkin painting contest at Rocksprings Grande Valley tradition, and this year’s be told and guests are invited to bring their Visitors Center. Pumpkins and paint will theme promises to excite all ages: “Jurassic own pumpkin to carve. Guest limit of 25 be provided. Prize awarded for best Estero.” Everyone knows dinosaurs went children; no pets please. Reservations painted pumpkin. extinct long ago — or did they? Bring your required: accepted through noon Oct. 28. Oct. 31 Trick-or-Treat and Costume family and friends of all ages to learn about Reserve online at http://friendsofgc.org/ Contest 3–6 p.m.
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