Friday March 29

Our sights are set on Seminole Canyon State Park roughly halfway to Big Bend National Park. We skirt San Antonio as avoid as much of city congestion as we can and soon we are traveling through Texas Hill County. The further west and south we head the drier and flatter the land. Yuccas are more common many of which are in bloom. We called ahead to the State Park and they have “Primitive sites” available which translates to no water or electricity which is fine with us. It also could mean a parking lot or a beautiful location. It turns out to be a beautiful spot

Seminole Canyon site is roughly 3 miles from the Rio Grande and except for the canyon mostly flat. You can see for miles. Our site is beautiful with the view out over the canyon and many miles of desert beyond. It’s also windy.

Wells does a bit of bird photograph with a cooperative mockingbird. Well, maybe a tad too cooperative. The lens Wells is using is great for birds unless they get too close. The lens focuses only as close as 13 feet yet the bird comes and sits on a post less than 10 feet away!

We get a few chores completed and Wells plans an early photo shoot. Depends upon the lighting yet if you don’t try you are guaranteed not to get the shot. Tomorrow we’ll push south and west to Big Bend National Park.