Texas Highlights

 We didn't think we would see snow in Utah, but we should've known better.  Happy |March 1st!  At least we weren't pulling the trailer, which was waiting for us in Phoenix, AZ.

Four days later, in Seminole Canyon State Park in Texas, Terry was still wearing his winter coat.

Here are the friends we came to Texas to travel with, as they headed home to Canada after having been in the Rio Grande Valley for two months.  We spent almost two weeks birding every day.
This is the end of our time together, after it had stopped raining finally.

A cooperative bird--the Turkey Vulture.

And a couple of Wild Turkeys displaying their plumage to impress the females. Terry's telephoto shot.

Crested Caracara.

 
Gary didn't believe this was a poppy.  It looked more like a thistle, but sure enough, it's a Prickly Poppy.

Texas Bluebonnet, the state flower of Texas. Patches of them made blue splashes on the landscape.

Huisache

Unamed flower, above.




Black Brush blooms

On St. Patrick's Day we made stew, and dressed in green. Terry really does have Irish in his background, but the rest of us don't.










A green kale and pineapple smoothie to set the tone.

Texas Brown Snake, no thicker than a thick pencil.It's not poisonous.

Three turtles on a log; I think they are the Red-eared sliders we saw previously.

Sunrise at Possom Kingdom State Park.

7:35 am

We left early to beat the heat for travelling.

At Monahans Sandhills State Park what fun to slide down the dunes! [I can't get this video to stop running!] Thuis was the last state park before crossing into New Mexico, and then Arizona.





Lots more pictures, but these were the highlights.