We Take Out the ATV

Bentsen Palm Village provides lots of amenities, including free use of an ATV. We took it out this morning, mainly exploring the areas that Mike had shown us on his tour a couple of weeks ago. However, we didn't include the trip through "the jungle." We also decided not to attempt the sheer drop down to the resaca which terrified me (Lee) when Mike did it in the big off-road vehicle.






We did get off the ATV to walk down to the resaca. We might want to kayak on this resaca if we decide we want to try to get the kayaks down to the water. Here's Lee checking her GPS unit to see how far we are from the Rio Grande.









We'd left the ATV on a levee, so getting back to it required a climb.












We also drove out to Mike Rhodes's Rio Grande River frontage. We wanted another look at the river.























Here's Lee ready to get back into the ATV for the trip back to the RV park.











A highlight of the trip was a visit to NABA, the North American Butterfly Association headquarters. It was a windy day, so we didn't see thousands of butterflies, but we did see a few Zebra Helliconias, real dazzlers.

We observed several Border Patrol agents, including a couple on horseback patrolling near the river. Have I mentioned that Ken is growing a beard? I managed to snap a photo showing the current progress.















We have new neighbors from Ames, Iowa, in a motorhome south of us. They were delayed by a snow storm or they would have been here a couple of days ago. I made some very easy cookies to take to the Margarita hour--pumpkin spice cookies. The two main ingredients were a spice cake mix and a can of pumpkin, and I added some raisins. They were quite popular.