If you know me at all, you know Lake Bastrop South Shore is our go to campground for when we want to getaway, but we don’t have that much time. It’s just far enough and different enough to feel like you’re somewhere else and if you wake up early enough on the right morning, you get to see this view. It’s like 50% of why we go there.

Here is a link to my original Lake Bastrop South Shore post from the very first time we went there. Give it a click. My kids have grown A LOT.

Original Lake Bastrop south shore post

Where did we stay?

Lake Bastrop South Shore Park (an LCRA Park), but not in one of our regular sites. We stayed in 16 this time with family all around us in the adjacent sites and it was the perfect set up for us. I have a feeling this crew will be booking these sites again in the future. Here is a view from our campsite.

Camping on Lake Bastrop South Shore Park — view from our campsite (Site 16) / Nikon Z6, ISO 400, Lensbaby Edge 35, 1/400 sec

What did we do?

Just the normal camping stuff plus some mini golf. I think this was our 4th or 5th time there, but the first time we’ve ever done mini golf. We’ve rented kayaks before, but it was a little cold on the water for that this go around. It’s always a gamble to book a mid January camping trip, but there’s always a 3 day weekend and a birthday so we do it anyway.

mini golf

It’s cool because you don’t even have to leave the park to play mini golf. Just stop by the office for a putter and a ball and head over to the main day use area.

Hiking

We did the absolute minimum in hiking this trip. I love the Loblolly trails, but we didn’t even make it over there given I’m currently dealing with some chronic foot pain that needs worked out this summer. We did take one short little hike though.