The beauty of Pecan Park is one of the reasons Armando Prieto's daughter decided to live there while attending Texas State University.
"She could study here," Prieto said. "It was quiet. She could enjoy the river."
Memorial Day weekend, the river showed its darker side.
Prieto's daughter was away for the weekend when the river jumped out of its banks.
Many of the park’s guests were able to evacuate, but some lost almost everything.
For David Rowley, Pecan Park was his home and family business.
"From Memorial Day to Labor Day is when we take in the majority of the dollars for our business," Rowley said. "So right now, we are basically at $0 coming in."
Thanks to dozens of volunteers, the work to rebuild is already well underway.
"We've got about 50 sites that are open right now," Rowley said. "Our hope is to be able to continue to work diligently each day and be able to open up sites as we can."
Thanks to early warnings and a mandatory evacuation, property was the only thing lost at Pecan Park.
"She was here for two months and a day before this happened," Prieto said. "She lost, we all lost everything, but it's just things."
Things they're now working to replace.
Park owners say they're hopeful that by the Fourth of July, everything will be back open. They say many of the people who evacuated because of the flood are also planning to return.