Tag Archives: wildlife

Birding Adventure:

For the last couple weeks we have been following what is called the “Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail.” The last two campgrounds have had volunteer lead bird walks and we have taken advantage of these. Each day it has involved getting up early and hoofing it over to the meeting place. We always meet the nicest people and have now made some new “old friends” from Florida, John and Marie. Continue reading Birding Adventure:

Bird Paradise:

We are on the Great Texas Costal Birding Trail. We have moved north by thirty miles today and we are now camped on the Arroyo Colorado in a Cameron County Park called Adolph Thomae, Jr. The park itself is rather nice and caters to the hard-core fishing enthusiasts here in south Texas. We are on the mainland side of the Laguna Madre just inside the barrier islands along the Gulf Coast of Texas. We are just across the fence from the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge. Continue reading Bird Paradise:

The Wild Life:

There is one thing that Judy and I agree on completely. We really enjoy camping in the State and National Parks around the country. Today we are camped on ONeil Forebay, a Lake at San Louis Reservoir just off I-5 near Los Banos, California. You can read our blog about the California Aqueduct from March 15, 2006 on (under construction, link to come), we are camped in that same campground. Continue reading The Wild Life: