Javelina Roundup
Art by Verna Kropp
What a beautiful week we have enjoyed at the Davis Mountains State Park! The weather was absolutely perfect – clear skies, mild temperatures, calm evenings, and fantastically clear star gazing!
Although the “official” dates were September 29th to October 6th, several showed up as much as a week early. The Javelina Roundup, started as a personal invitation from Brian Margason, has now completed its 15th year! We had a total of 47 rigs registered, but ended with 37 registered after 10 cancellations. We made up half of that deficit with 5 fiberglass trailers that were camping in the park, but knew nothing of the Roundup until they showed up! We ended with 41 trailers and one motor home represented.
Several campers saw the Javelinas during the week. Although I did not personally see them, one person saw a family of them go between his trailer and mine in the middle of the night on his game camera. Our raccoon friends were especially active as nightly visitors to the dumpsters, carrying off fly traps, and washing their meals in the water we left out for the pups.
I plan to call the TPWD Group reservation office for next year’s Roundup in late January or early February. I will try to make the reservation request for 28 September through 5 October, to allow sufficient time between the end of our gathering and Pineknot. Of course, the actual group window will include the week prior to the “official” start of the Roundup for those who like to show up early. You can pencil those dates on your calendar for planning purposes.
Keep an eye on this page for updates in January/February 2025! We are already looking forward to next year’s Roundup!
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