Eleven of us gathered at Nelda's for breakfast this morning. It was good to see Hardy and Judy again, although their stay in south Texas this time will be brief. On Thursday they'll head up to Dallas for an IEEE meeting at which Hardy will be presenting a paper. Then they'll probably run up to Kentucky to see Hardy's folks again before they go to Gulfport to meet Jim and Jane for Mardi Gras. Breakfast was also our last time to see Cheryl and Debby before they return to Wisconsin.
After breakfast Ken and I joined Judy and Jean for a walk around the state park trails. We did the main Resaca Vieja Trail, Roadrunner Crossing, and the Acacia Trail (the old camping loop) in addition to the main park road loop, for a hike of almost five miles. The time passed quickly because of course we chatted the whole way. We heard that a javalina had been spotted, but we didn't see it. We did see lots of birds, including a hawk, Green Jays, red-winged black birds, turkey vultures, and cardinals, among others. We also enjoyed the antics of the squirrels that show up to steal grapefruit and bird seed at the feeders. However, they chase the birds away, so we'd just as soon they find their own feeders!
Lots of different kinds of birds have been spotted in the park (most by more serious birders than we are). Near the Nature Center, people can make a record of the kind of bird they've seen and the date and general place. The dates are updated as people continue to report seeing a given kind of bird.
We got the truck cleaned up a bit again. It's a losing battle, but it had just gotten too dirty to stand.
Today is Dick and Carol's 45th wedding anniversary. They had been planning to go out to eat, but then Debbie called to ask them to watch Sam while they were in church (for 4 1/2 hours!). Sam has a bit of a cough and Debbie was afraid the nursery at church wouldn't want to keep him.
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