In 2009 we explored Texas and New Mexico and some of Oklahoma on the way back east. It doesn't sound like much, but ...
The Kings Ranch is 825,000 acres, essentially all of the land between Corpus Christi and Brownsville on the Gulf Coast of Texas.
New birds for us
Caracara
Chachalaca
Green Jay
Green Heron
Hurricane Ike had visited Boliver Island the fall before our visit.
We got up early one morning to help send off the South Texas Trail Riders from Corpus Christi to San Antonio.
We saw a lot of border fence in South Texas. It mostly looked like this.
Bandera, TX is billed as the Cowboy Capitol, and it is pretty neat. On Sunday many of the local ranchers come to town on horseback.
The River Walk in San Antonio.
West Texas, Fort Stockton
Big Bend National Park and area.
We didn't see bridges. We did see dips in the road with water gauges to let you know how deep the water was.
Lincoln, NM - Pat Garrett's Court House and San Juan Mission
Gila National Forest and Cliff Dwellings
In June we stayed in Liverpool, PA and were intrigued by the local ferry.
Chincoteague Isle, VA
Fort Miles in Delaware was pretty interesting as a concrete bunker during WWII
From a tower
Little Mountain Marina and Campground in Langston, Alabama
Grenada Lake in Grenada, Mississippi in November
A relatively rare event in Alabama, even for December
In December we participated in the annual wreath Laying sponsored by Wreaths Across America in Arlington Cemetery. We've very often visited the cemetery. But this time was special.
Volunteers waiting to get their wreaths.
Some of the wreaths
We had pretty nice weather and were staying at Shenandoah Crossing Resort in Gordonsville, VA. We ended up staying nearly a week longer than we anticipated because we got 30 inches of snow one night and it took nearly a week for the resort to get the roads so we could leave. The 4 wheel drive came in handy.
The before picture is of a premium site with 100 amp hookups and a hot tub in that little enclosure to the left of the picture.
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