Amistad Reservoir Day One
We got started about 10:00 today and headed out to the
desert. The weatherman called for strong winds today and this evening, however so
far it hasn’t been bad at all. Again the morning started out chilly but warmed
up quickly. We are staying at a national recreational area that has four
separate camping areas around a large (mostly dry) reservoir. The camp ground
we are in only has five camp sites and there is only one other site taken
besides ours. There is no electric or water and of course we have no cell
service.
We took a short walk into the desert and found a herd of
goats. These are the goats with large horns; I didn’t have the right lens with
me so I’ll try tomorrow and see if I can get some pictures. I don’t know if
these are free range goats or what as there are no fences and we haven’t seen
anything that looks like private property.
We also saw what we think was a vermilion flycatcher. A very beautiful
bright red and black bird, again no picture but will try tomorrow.
It’s a beautiful warm evening with what looks to be a full
moon.
Amistad Reservoir Day Two
If we had not planned on spending
the day here already we would have by now. There is no way I am going to drive
the RV in this wind. It is blowing constantly at 50 miles per hour.
It has been this way all day and even though
it’s 60 degrees it’s too windy to do much of anything outside. We did manage a short
walk in the afternoon and spoke to a ranger that was out checking the remote
camping areas. The camp we are in is a least a half mile from water, he told us
that water was right up to the campgrounds in 2010. He said because more than
half the reservoir is in Mexico the Mexicans have been draining the reservoir
for their irrigation. This area desperately needs rain.
Amistad Reservoir Day Three
Today we
woke up to 36 degrees it was a tossup as far as who was going to get up and
turn on the furnace, Richard lost again. The day ended up slightly overcast but
warmed up quickly to about 65degrees. We are the only people in this park for
the last two days, it’s very quite.
This afternoon we went for a long walk in
the area that used to be part of the lake and I found some interesting rocks,
Joe will have to dust off his geology books because these are pretty cool. Richard got some very nice pictures of the
goats that graze in the area and a beautiful little Vermillion Flycatcher. We
haven’t seen an Armadillo yet but I did find the shell of one, they are a lot
larger than I thought.
This evening Richard grilled some steaks on the BBQ and
we are having a relaxing time listening to a Texas radio station called Outlaw
Radio, we are starting too really like Texas Country music. This is our last
night, at Amistad National Recreational Park, we really enjoyed the area,
especially paying only $2.00 a night to camp, tomorrow we are headed to
Seminole State Park for a couple of days.
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