This is a shady park in downtown Austin on Barton Springs road near Zilker park.  The location is fabulous – you can catch the #30 bus directly in front of the park.  Get a $2 24 hour pass and you can ride anywhere.  We went downtown twice and it was so easy.  You can also walk about a block and get on the Lady Bird trail that is fairly shady until you cross the river on the pedestrian bridge.  Just a great, great location.  They only have 10 sites available to rent out – all the others are permanent residents.  We met a lady who has lived there for 24 years!

There were nests of baby cranes – really cool.  The people that live there don’t like them because they are very messy but it was fun to see the big huge baby birds up in their nest.

The rate of $35 a night is pretty pricey considering the small amount of space you get but it is such a great location that we were fine with it.  They don’t accept credit cards so you have to pay with cash or check.   There are no amenities but it does have a nice, clean laundry room so we were glad to get caught up on our laundry.  The only bad thing is that all the trees drop sap all over your RV, and car.  Every surface was covered with a sticky mist.  Not good.  But it does wash off fairly easily.  I’m glad we stayed there but we probably won’t do it again.  Last time we went to Austin we stayed at a great park about 15 minutes east of the city and that worked out just fine.  Not as convenient but no sap!