I am currently in Austin, Texas for a few days. First time I haven’t had to use the furnace at night for a while.

From Bosque del Apache, I went to:

• Bottomless Lakes State Park in Roswell, New Mexico
• An Escapee park in Pecos, Texas
• South Llano River State Park in Junction, Texas

Pictures are all from South Llano River State Park.

Thin looking white-tailed deer. It was sad to see road kill deers about every 5 or 10 miles on I-10.

Black-crested titmouse

Lots of red cardinals.

Stayed at McKinney Falls State Park in Austin, Texas for a week to allow me to get my rv serviced and to stock up at Costco.

Was trying to get a picture of a bird and this kestrel flew down to get it. The bird I had been watching started screeching and I clapped to distract the kestrel, so it left the bird alone. Know that was probably a no-no, but it was my instinct.

After leaving Austin, spent one night at Choke Canyon State Park on the way to the Rio Grande area. There were signs saying don’t feed the wildlife, fine of $500, but these wild turkeys would come up to you when you raised your hand. Someone had to be feeding them.