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>> IN EAST TEXAS YOU'VE
GOT TREES EVERYWHERE.
IT'S QUITE PEACEFUL TO
BE OUT IN THE WOODS.
>> IT'S ANOTHER WAY TO COMMUNE
AND TO GET BACK TO NATURE.
THAT YOU CAN GET OUT
AND ACTUALLY HEAR
WHAT'S HAPPENING.
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>> TREES, TRAILS, WATER,
AND WILDLIFE MAKE MARTIN CREEK
LAKE STATE PARK A REFRESHING
EAST TEXAS DESTINATION.
>> YOU CAN LEAVE YOUR CELL PHONE
OFF AND MAYBE CATCH UP WITH
CIVILIZATION ANOTHER TIME.
WITH THE NOISE IN LIFE,
YOU KNOW, NOISE AROUND TOWNS
AND ROADS, YOU GET OUT HERE
AND INSTEAD OF YOUR RINGING
IN YOUR EARS YOU START TO CALM
DOWN, YOUR SOUL KIND OF QUIETS
AND YOU START TO FEEL LIKE
THERE'S POSSIBILITIES.
YOU THINK ABOUT THINGS.
(kids playing)
>> WELL, IT'S SAFE CLEAN FUN.
IT'S UH, DON'T REALLY
HAVE TO WORRY MUCH.
THERE'S NO WORRIES.
HAVING FUN WITH THE FAMILY,
GETTING THE KIDS OUTDOORS,
FISHING, TRYING TO TEACH THEM
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT NATURE.
>> THE LAKE'S GOOD.
WE GOT A LOT OF GOOD
FISHING OUT THERE.
>> YEAH THERE'S ANOTHER
ONE DOWN THERE.
RIGHT HERE.
>> CATFISH, BASS, CRAPPIE, BRIM.
BUT THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE
ARE COMING OUT HERE FOR BASS
AND CATFISH.
IT'S GOOD FISHING FOR CATFISH.
>> A POWER PLANT ON THE LAKE
KEEPS THE WATER WARM,
SUPPORTING A BOUNTIFUL FISH
POPULATION YEAR ROUND.
THANKS TO THE LIGHTS ON THE
DOCK, FOLKS CAN FISH ANYTIME
OF DAY OR NIGHT.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE COME
OUT TO GO FISHING.
SOME OF THEM JUST COME OUT
TO GO BOATING.
IT'S A 5,000 ACRE LAKE SO
THERE'S A LOT OF SPACE
OUT THERE.
WE HAVE DAY USE AT THE SWIMMING
BEACH AREA.
A LOT OF PEOPLE COME
OUT WITH CANOES.
TWO LITTLE VOLLEYBALL COURTS
WHERE PEOPLE CAN PLAY
VOLLEYBALL.
THE ISLAND IS OUR
PRIMITIVE CAMPSITE.
OVER THERE THERE ARE
12 SITES THAT HAVE NO
WATER OR ELECTRICITY.
>> TWO BRIDGES, WE'LL CROSS
THE TWO BRIDGES.
>> THERE'S A TRAIL AROUND
THE ISLAND THAT A LOT
OF PEOPLE GO ON.
A LOT OF PEOPLE COME HERE
FOR THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAILS.
>> THE TRAIL IS VERY CLEAR.
YOU CAN FOLLOW IT EASILY.
THIS TIME OF THE YEAR THERE'S
A LOT OF LEAVES ON THE TRAIL.
REAL PRETTY.
>> WE'RE RIGHT NOW IN THE
PROCESS OF FALL ACTUALLY
CATCHING UP WITH US.
SO WITHIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS
WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF
GOOD COLOR OUT HERE.
WE HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD
WANT TO OBSERVE OUT HERE FROM
FOXES TO SQUIRRELS, BOBCATS,
DEER, A LOT OF DEER
ARE OUT HERE.
>> THERE'S A HUGE DRAW TO
RETURNING AGAIN TO A PEACEFUL
PLACE THAT MAKES YOU FEEL
BETTER ABOUT YOURSELF.
YOU GET PEACE HERE.
YOU CAN GET THE CALMNESS.
IT'S KIND OF GOT A COZY
FEEL TO IT HERE IN EAST TEXAS.
I GUESS THE WORD I'M LOOKING
FOR WOULD JUST BE A HOME AWAY
FROM HOME, REALLY.