Sunday morning of our whirlwind weekend at the border, we woke up in Laredo and headed out for our 5th and final state park before the return trip home that day. Lake Casa Blanca is situated on the northeast side of town and neighbors the Laredo International Airport.

We decided we would spend at least an hour there with a picnic lunch and pulled up to a line of cars at the entrance. Seemed like a happening place to be on a Sunday afternoon. Most everyone was heading to the playground area and boat ramp, so we found a secondary picnic table area by the lake and snagged a shaded table. We were amused during our lunch by a woman across the clearing blaring music and repeatedly fireballing lighter fluid under whatever meat she was cooking. And, no, I didn’t take a picture of it 😉

We hung out for a little bit longer watching the water sports that the lake seemed popular for and decided that was enough. While we were situated on the “camping” side of the lake, the park wrapped around its shoreline and across the cove we could see more day use amenities, but the access road inside the park was washed out and we would have to exit and enter from the other side of the lake. We didn’t find that necessary as that area was getting packed as well. This was probably our second shortest state park visit at just 45 minutes haha. It’s location and amenities made for a great city park, but I saw little appeal as a nature or camping destination.

-Lindsay