We are definitely not in Texas hill country anymore.
We’ve gone west, not far past the Amistad Reservoir, which is quite low,
to Seminole Canyon State Park and Historic Site.
We are in miles of emptiness on the edge of the Chihuahuan Desert.
This is a place of far horizons,
vast skies, and lovely sunsets…
and sunrises.
But the emptiness is deceiving. What looks to be flat…
conceals the huge Seminole Canyon.
And though there doesn’t seem like much besides cacti and scrub bushes, when I walked into that bird blind this morning I was surprised to see 30 or so birds and
this collared peccary. No wait,
this family of collared peccaries!
Yep, they do eat prickly pear cactus. So, by the way, do we; but Bud was able to buy ours in the grocery store with the spines already removed.
New leaves are coming on the mesquite and I’m sure there are walking and crawling beasts all around that I just don’t see. We are here until Sunday so I hope to report on further explorations. Right now Matey and I are sitting in the shade because it’s 85 on its way to 94 or so.
On the Roam Again 
Lovely sunrises and sunsets! Looks like you don’t have to worry about any trees blowing over onto the camper in a wind storm! Hope it is a dry heat there! Looks like it should be!
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Right now the temperature is 88 and the humidity is 13%, yeah, it’s a dry heat. It’s also breezy and there’s a burn ban.
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I forgot to ask you how you liked the cactus?
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I like it. I’d had it at the Mexican restaurant and it had a slight vinegar flavor, I thought they had marinated it. But Bud just cooked it straight and the vinegar flavor was still there. It had more flavor than I thought it would.
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