I have left Texas and am heading back to California for a few days. The pictures above are from around the Bentsen-Rio Grande State Park, the World Birding Center headquarters in Mission, Texas. The second photo is of a thrasher. Saw some “turkey ducks” muscovy ducks at a city park.
From Mission, went to Falcon State Park that is based next to the 98,960-surface-acre International Falcon Reservoir. The bridge across the dam goes into Mexico. This would have been an interesting spot to explore, but the temperature was more than 100 degrees, and it was not dry heat! It was too hot for my air conditioner to keep my rv cool. Know I’m a wimp. There is a very large presence of boarder patrol agents here. Saw their cars all over the place. Don’t think I saw even one regular police car.
My next stop was Lake Casa Blanca International State Park in Laredo. The heat continued here, if anything it was hotter. So after one day, I headed for the hills, hill country that is. It was so good to see oak trees again. I stayed at Lost Maples State Natural Area in Vanderpool, Texas. Here it rained and there was quite a lightening show. It was also very crowded, due to spring break. Want to come back here, October must be beautiful.
Next was South Llano River State Park, where it was also raining, in the 50′s, and crowded. There was beautiful weather at Balmorhea State Park, but the crowds continued. Love that families get a chance to visit the parks, but hate to travel during holiday’s if I have a choice about it. Note to self: learn more about boondocking!
As I was leaving Balmorhea, saw the hawk, pictured below. The roadrunner was at a picnic area near El Paso, Texas. It is usually so hard to get a picture of one of these, but this one looked like it wanted a handout.
