We headed over to Berry Springs Park and Preserve again this morning, intending to check out the tenting campground and historic structures we had seen called out on the map. The park is much more extensive than the sections we've seen so far. We walked around the historic structures and saw John Berry's grave and some presumably "historic" donkeys!
We also looked around the "Improved Campground," which has tent sites with tables and fire rings, but no hookups. All of the sites are shaded by either trees or shelters over the table. The fire rings are sport signs warning that there's a burn ban in effect. In the photos you can see some of the many pecan trees.
No one is on site, but we spotted an ATV with a couple of passengers and flagged it down to ask about the mysterious animal tracks in the pavement. The folks said they knew the tracks were deliberately placed and included animals not native to this park, but they didn't really know anything more about them. They said they would turn in our suggestion that it would be good to have some signage describing the tracks.
Our trip today took us through Austin an San Antonio on I-35. South of San Antonio we picked up I-37/US 281. That route goes almost directly south from San Antonio to the Rio Grande Valley, through some pretty desolate scrub plains. Our regular stopping point is a city park in Three Rivers, Tips Park. When I called a couple of days ago, the host said there were no vacancies. When I pressed her to provide us just a place to park with no hookups, she agreed that we could come on in and just park on the grass off to the west of the entrance gate. So that's where we are. It's near the highway, so a bit noisy, but fine for an overnight. There are not many options, so we're glad to have this spot.
We wanted to watch the first Nova program on the Cosmos, which we had Tivo'ed, but it turned out to be very pixelated. It was recorded on 11/2, which must have been a stormy night. We watched the second program instead, on the nature of time, which I found interesting but rather confusing. The contention that past, present, and future are all equally in existence at once leads to questions about free will and the possibility of alternate universes that were not addressed. Maybe the third program, which was recorded tonight, will examine some of these topics. We're hoping to stream the first program from the web when we get to Bentsen Palm, where we'll have a cable internet connection.
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