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(music)
>> WE'RE ABOUT A TWO HOUR DRIVE
FROM DALLAS.
ABOUT 13 MILES FROM
WICHITA FALLS.
>> IN THE SPRING,
LAKE ARROWHEAD STATE PARK
CAN BE A COLORFUL PLACE,
RIGHT DOWN TO THE WATER.
>> WE ARE ON THE
LITTLE WICHITA RIVER,
A TRIBUTARY TO THE RED RIVER.
IRON ORE IN THE SOIL TINTS THE
WATER TO THE REDDISH TINT,
AND THAT'S WHERE THE RED RIVER
GETS ITS NAME.
(bird singing)
WE'VE GOT QUITE A BIT
OF WILDLIFE.
WE'RE KIND OF A QUIET GETAWAY.
WHEN MOTHER NATURE SHINES ON US,
PEOPLE COME TO SEE US.
>> BUT EVEN WHEN NATURE
ISN'T SO SHINY,
THERE'S REASON TO VISIT
LAKE ARROWHEAD.
>> THE STRONG PULL HERE
IS FISHING.
IT'S AN EXCELLENT CRAPPIE LAKE.
>> THEY LIKE TO BITE IN THESE
OVERCAST DAYS,
IF YOU CAN DODGE THE RAINDROPS.
YOU'VE GOT TO CHASE
THEM SOMETIMES.
...AND IT'S NOT LOOKING VERY
GOOD IN THIS SPOT.
(laughs)
(fish flopping)
>> CATCH SOME BIG ONES,
CATCH SOME LITTLE ONES.
>> VERY VERY LARGE ONES
IN THIS LAKE.
>> THAT'S A BIG FISH.
>> THIS IS ONE OF THE PREMIER
CRAPPIE LAKES IN TEXAS.
>> LOOK AT THAT MONSTER!
>> OKAY. NO, DON'T TAKE A
PICTURE OF THAT ONE.
>> THEY GET BIGGER THAN THAT,
HUH?
>> EVERYTHING LOOKS BIGGER
ON FILM.
>> THAT'S QUICK RELEASE
RIGHT THERE.
>> WHAT'S EVERYBODY WANT
TO DO TOMORROW?
DAVID, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?
>> IN THE CAMPING AREA,
THE WARBURTON FAMILY ISN'T
LETTING THE RAINY WEATHER
SPOIL THEIR FUN EITHER.
>> DID YOU GUYS FIND ANY OF THE
HIKING TRAILS WHEN YOU WENT
FISHING TODAY?
>> NO.
YES.
PAPA SHOWED US ONE.
>> WE LIVE IN DUNCAN, OKLAHOMA,
WHICH IS ABOUT AN HOUR
AND A HALF FROM HERE.
DAD LIVES IN FORT WORTH,
AND A COUPLE TIMES OF YEAR
WE JUST PICK A SPOT,
PRETTY MUCH ALWAYS A STATE PARK
AND MEET UP.
>> LET'S GO. HA!
>> IT'S A GOOD WAY TO
GET AWAY FROM IT ALL.
YOU KNOW,
GIVE PEOPLE TIME TO VISIT.
AND THE PUPPIES LIKE IT TOO.
ALRIGHT DAVID,
DO YOU WANT TO LEAD THE WAY?
IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
>> RIGHT NOW WE ARE THE ONLY
TEXAS STATE PARK WITH
A DISC GOLF COURSE.
YOU CAN TAKE A REGULAR
FRISBEE AND PLAY IT.
YOU COUNT THE NUMBER OF THROWS
LIKE STROKES ON A BALL.
>> YEAH!
(motor chugging)
>> WE HAVE A WORKING OIL WELL
PUMP JACK IN THE MIDDLE OF
OUR CAMPGROUND, AND UH,
IT WAS HERE BEFORE WE BECAME
A STATE PARK.
OUT IN THE LAKE THERE ARE
OIL DERRICKS STILL STANDING
OUT THERE,
WHICH MAKES EXCELLENT
FISH HABITAT.
NOW WE ALSO HAVE OUR
PRAIRIE DOG TOWN.
(prairie dog barking)
WE ARE ONE OF THE EASTERN-MOST
POINTS, UH, FOR THE
BLACK-TAILED PRAIRIE DOG.
AND WE'VE GOT A SMALL TOWN
OF THEM THAT COME UP
AND BARK AT YOU AND GREET YOU
WHENEVER YOU COME OUT.
A LOT OF FOLKS COME OUT
JUST TO SEE THE PRAIRIE DOGS.
YOU CAN EXPERIENCE NATURE A
LITTLE BIT CLOSER THAN YOU
CAN IN SOME AREAS.
(geese honking, flapping)
>> ALTHOUGH THIS WEEKEND LEAVES
THE WARBURTONS WITH ONE
PARTICULAR IMPRESSION OF
LAKE ARROWHEAD...
>> UH, WET?
(laughs)
>> ...THEY PLAN TO RETURN ONE
BRIGHTER DAY DOWN THE ROAD.
>> WE'LL BE BACK.
REALLY INEXPENSIVE WAY TO HAVE
A GOOD TIME WITH YOUR FAMILY.
>> READY TO GO BACK TO CAMP?
>> YEAH.