The Texas Wild Life

Yesterday we re-visited McKinney Falls State Park, a very nice park outside of Austin with decent-sized camping spots in a tree-filled location.

 It was a quick set-up at our site, leaving us enough time for a hike down to Onion Creek before sunset. Within a couple of minutes we saw a deer, followed by several more at various spots during our hike.

This morning we saw a bobcat up on the ridge as we walked along the creekside trail; two coyotes crossed our path on the trail, and we saw and heard a variety of birds. The temperature was a comfortable 57, although it was misting/foggy in the beginning of the hike. Not bad compared to back home where it is supposed to snow today, along with an "icy mix".

We are heading further south in time to escape the lows in the 20s tomorrow in Austin. So far our new home away from home, Big "D", has proven a more-than-satisfactory upgrade from "Little" Dora. 

One thing we hadn't anticipated when parking in a WalMart parking lot the night before last was this scenario:

In addition to the several vehicles parked immediately in front of the RV, there were also vehicles parked right behind the Jeep. Fortunately, we were able to disconnect the Jeep and back up the RV to pull out alright. A WalMart semi truck that was parked in the next aisle of parking spaces to us was able to pull straight out because the front end of the semi was at the end of the row of parking spaces. I guess this is something one has to consider  (in spite of the fact that there were plenty of empty spaces all over the parking lot...). 

Now that we are in southern Texas, we are looking forward to some home-made tamales and a good molé.

¡Adiós!

Mari and Ron