Monday June 1 and Tuesday June 2, 2015
Day 1 (June 1) Ended up being a travel day. We started our day with a 3.5 mile walk and
while walking we agreed that we should leave and get a heads start to our next
destination Balmorhea State Park. It was
about a 5-6 hour drive. We left about 11am
and arrived just before 6. Balmorhea is
located in the desert flatlands of West Texas.
And in the center of this park is a huge pool that is fed by San Solomon
Springs. The pool covers 1 3/4 acre in size, is 25 foot in depth and it has a constant temperature of 72-76 degrees. The park was gorgeous. The camping fee for the park was $17 but then
they add $7 per person per day use fee which made it $31 a night. We thought that it was on the high side for a
state park. We were greeted by rabbits
big and small and a fairly friendly road runner. In the replicated wetlands we saw red eared
slider turtle and Texas spiny soft shelled turtle. Jeff put his feet into the pool and was
getting a pedicure from some little fish. He must be special because these little fish are consider endangered. They were either a pupfish or what they call a mosquito fish. They don't get much bigger than this picture. We also saw a Mexican ground squirrel
they look like a cross between a chipmunk and a squirrel and a ladder backed
woodpecker which when taking the picture we only got his lower body.
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| Road to nowhere |
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| Picturesque Hills |
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| Long road ahead |
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| Scenery on I 10 from San Antonio |
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| Oil derrick |
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| Looks like candles on a birthday cake- really are wind generators |
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| Pretty overpass scene |
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| Balmorhea Entrance sign |
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| Look close at top right of photo-just the body of a ladder back woodpecker-Mike took this one |
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| Stream fed by the spring |
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| Pool |
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| Another shot of the pool |
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| And another |
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| Nice pool uh? |
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| Jeff getting a pedicure |
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| Mexican Ground Squirrel |
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| Texas spiny soft shell turtle |
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| Red eared slider turtle |
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| Our site |
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| Our own little rabbit |
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| Wet roadrunner |
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| Another shot of roadrunner |
Day 2 (June 2)Seeing that we had nothing planned for today
we decided to take a 75 mile scenic loop and in order to get to this loop we
had to drive an additional 30 miles to and from. This loop started and finished at Fort Davis
and went through the Davis Mountain Range.
It was a very enjoyable ride. We were almost back to the campgrounds when we
were pelted with hail. Luckily no damage
to cars or motorhomes. What crazy
weather temperature today was in the 90’s and then dropped down into the
70’s. All in all it was a good day. I am going to end this piece with some words
of wisdom:
Steal nothing
but Beauty (with your eyes)
Take nothing
but Pictures
Waste nothing
but Time
Leave nothing but Foorprints
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| Balmorhea Lake |
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| Nice place to eat lumch |
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| Nice tribute to stagecoach drivers |
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| Another shot of picnic area |
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| Cow waited for us to stop before she crossed |
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| MacDonald Observatory |
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| Teepee in the background |
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| Some kind of cactus? |
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