Attended a scouting campout here in April and it was great! The property is well maintained along…read morewith the facilities. Each campsite has a flag pole, picnic tables, concrete camping pads, fire pit, canopy cover for the tables, and an electrical outlet if needed. The property has a nice lake, fort, abandoned mine, and ample green space for playing. There are a few trails on the property. If you attend family camping here then the facilities are not open. Adventure camps or summer camps will most likely allow mess hall, pool, splash pad usage. All in all, a great camping site for scouts!

Involvement in scouting is one of the more wholesome rites of passage for American boys and their…read moredads. One of the things I most look forward to do with my Cub Scout is to go on camp-outs. These aren't pack it in 10 miles whilst carrying 40 lbs on your back camp-outs. Instead, for the boys 10 years old and younger, it's park your car and carry your tent 50 yards to where you set it up sort of camp-outs. Regardless, it's an excellent introduction to the outdoors and to skills that they'll use when they really go on wilderness hikes in a few years. Camp Bovay, located an hour from Houston on the way to College Station, is almost too accommodating in this regard. We showed up on a Saturday morning, signed in and went to the designated area for our troop. We set up our tent, and filled it with our sleeping pads, sleeping bags and day packs with all our stuff. We were ready to go. There was the obligatory flag raising ceremony (this is the scouts, you realize) and then lunch was served in air-conditioned comfort in a big cafeteria. Afterward, the kids spent all afternoon going from activity to activity, none of which were particularly nature-oriented. They did get to ride BMX bikes, hit golf balls at a driving range (most of the kids enjoyed picking them up more than hitting them), traverse a rock wall, try their hand a Frisbee golf, play in a swimming pool complex with lots of slides, go paddle-boating, and do some archery (hooray - that finally sounds like scouting!). I found the whole thing a bit staged and "summer-campish". Right as the last activity ended, the heavens opened and drenched everyone. I hurried back to my tent and found that my Walmart special worked as advertised and kept everything inside dry and snug as a bug. Unfortunately for many of the other boys and parents, this wasn't the case. Wet sleeping bags and other camping accessories were everywhere. I turned to a friend and laughed, "If worst comes to worst, it's only an hour drive back to all the comforts of home." A number of people took that option. Another too civilized meal preceded the classic campfire, with skits and humor that only pre-teenagers can fully appreciate along with some communal singing and cooking of marshmallows that went into s'mores (if you don't know what a s'more is, you have no business reading this review). Away from the city lights, you could actually see the milky way. As the evening wound down, I began giggling as the sound of battery-operated air compressors became omnipresent as campers inflated their air mattresses (I told my son that that was "cheating" and we don't camp that way). I slept like a baby, missing the coyote howls, and woke up at 5:30 listening to crickets chirping and the first morning songbirds warbling. I took a deep breath and was confronted with that wonderful smell of stale sweat and sodden clothing. I finally felt that I was having a true camping experience. Then the first ring tone from someone's cell phone went off. Chaucer's Chanticleer couldn't have woken up the troops more effectively. Sigh... I love lighting up a Coleman stove and cooking up eggs in gobs of bacon grease on mornings like this. Instead, we "hiked" (using the term loosely) over to the cafeteria and had breakfast whilst listening to country western music piped over the sound system. I was crestfallen. Afterward, we returned to camp, broke everything down and threw it into the trunk of the car. The boys asked, "What are we going to do now? All the activities are closed!" I replied, "We're going to have even more fun!" We picked up the fishing gear and walked through the tall grass, catching grasshoppers as we went. Down at the pond, a school of pretty perch were more than happy to get hooked with every cast as they gorged on grasshoppers. The boys all got to catch numerous fish (or the same ones over and over again), take them off the hook and throw them back. Things were starting to get good. We found some huge spiders, lots of crickets and more grasshoppers. Of course, all these critters are available in our yards back home, but somehow lack the appeal that they have on a camp-out. Getting hungry again, we went back to our cars and headed home. My son conked out in about 2 minutes and slept most of the way back. I found myself singing along to the Eagle's "Take It Easy" on FM radio as I drove. For a short period of time on Sunday morning, everything was right with the world.

Awesome experience with great staff/camp counselors! Large camp site with so many things to do!…read moreJust beware, cellphone signal is close to none, but hey, that's what camp is for right?

Beautiful place and the staff is so friendly. I go every year twice to camp yolo for a weekend each…read moretime. I come back a totally different person it's amazing. If your considering going to camp to here do it you will enjoy it so much. Definitely something I look forward to the entire year. The staff is so supportive and helpful and it changed my life forever.

Used to come here every Friday as a kid. I went back for a birthday party as AN ADULT and a grown…read morewomen in a tacky skort told me I needed to wear my jacket while skating because wearing my wife beater tank top wasn't fitting for her "family environment." It's a skating rink and this weirdo thinks it's a church. There's bible quotes all over this place. It's creepy. Also weird that she couldn't keep her eyes off my chest. I felt violated. She needs to go lol

AMAZING!!! We went to a church service here and had so much fun! We dident think it would be good…read moreat first but it WAS!

My granddaughter attends this school. She is always so happy to see her teachers and friends !read more

One of the best decisions we have made as parents has been enrolling our kid in Kiddie Academy. For…read morethe past two years, our kid was enrolled in one of the top rated daycare's in the area, but our experience there did not corroborate that of a top daycare. We were starting to get discouraged that there weren't any good daycare's out there, and then we found Kiddie Academy. The staff is friendly, the teachers are energetic and very attentive to the kids, the facility is clean and perfect for the constant changing needs of kids as they grow, and on top of all that you get camera access to see your kid whenever you want!

Great way for kids to burn off some energy! It was clean and staff was friendly. There's an infant…read morearea for the little ones to play safely.

This is a great place for littles! They were nice from the moment we walked in till the moment we…read moreleft (4hours later) would definitely come back again when visiting college station.

This place is super. My dog loves to run and play and she almost always finds plenty of friends…read morehere. The people are nice and friendly too. There is a fun little agility area, and the small dog area has its own pool. The large dog area is kept up nicely, including the pool, and there are shady places for us to sit and chat while the dogs run amuk. I am very happy to have found this place - actually my friend invited us out and we have been going off and on ever since. I'm impressed by how well-maintained the caretakers keep it. Thanks Animal Friends of Washington County!

Do not go to this dog park if you are a nice person and have a friendly dog!!! The manager is crazy…read moreand prefers only older people and unfriendly dogs visit the dog park. This dog park is not your typical family-friendly dog park for families and their dogs to play. I have seen so many dangerous situations and have left a message for the manager/owner with no return call. We will never go back! I've seen two separate people on two separate occasions leave crying and running away with their dogs due to the horrible people. The people are very unfriendly and hate children and families. Only older, retired people go to this park and several have unfriendly, aggressive dogs and have to take them to the smaller dog park when friendly dogs arrive. It's a shame this dog park is so poorly managed, unfriendly and dangerous - our community could use a nice dog park that is family-friendly and safe. DO NOT GO TO THIS DOG PARK! There are amazing dog parks for ALL close by. It's not worth the risk to take your friendly dog/family to this place. And, if something happens, they will not care.

Sally is wonderful with the children. She is patient (more patient than me as a parent, lol), she…read moreexplains techniques and process very well. Mostly, she is very concerned about the safety of the children. The horses are so gentle with the children as well. I highly recommend Sally as a horse riding teacher.

This is a first impression review from our first visit with Sally…read more We just moved to the area and are looking for a place where my daughter can ride. Having been riding for the last seven years (since she was four), the hardest part of the move has been not being able to ride. Sally was very accommodating allowing her to try out a class alongside her Wednesday horse club class. Our experience was amazing. I truly appreciated how Sally respected my daughter's riding style and did not try to make her ride any other way. She gave her feedback throughout the lesson and adjusted technique when needed. She also explained things my daughter seemed to be clueless about (it happens!) She was kind and respectful and her facility is lovely. My daughter is more interested in cutting and reining, which doesn't seem to be common round here. Until we find such a place, I think we are where we need to be. Looking forward to future lessons.

We went to Birch Creek to go swimming for the afternoon. After looking around and asking a park…read moreranger we found a nice place to swim. They improved one part of the shore with rocks and sand to allow for easy access into the water. I wouldn't call it a beach exactly, but there weren't any brushy, snakey weeds to intimidate me. I suggest water shoes as the rocks are..rocks. It is shallow a good way out and my kids and I had a great time in the lake. There are several camping areas, but I didn't camp this time. Watch out for the sticker burrs!=)