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I own no land, instead I have wheelestate. I’ve been a full time RVer since 1997. Working summers as a Park Ranger takes me to many beautiful places and playing during the winter takes me to many more. This blog is simply the story of my life's adventures.

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Saturday, March 19, 2011

Who me?

01 Grackle on Mom's car San Bentio TX

I wouldn’t poop on your car, honest.

02  Grackle on Mom's car San Bentio TX

Hey fella’s, over here.

Friday, March 18, 2011

More new neighbors

01 Long-billed curlews San Benito TX (1024x767)

Not feeling up to snuff today so came home early from Mom’s and found these two long-billed curlews in my front yard.

02 Long-billed curlew San Benito TX (1024x757)

Guess they’re pretty common here. It’s a new lifer for me.

The birdsong here is heavenly I just can’t see them all.

New neighbor

a807 Bunny San Benito TX (1024x741)

Every evening when I get home from Mom’s I find this little cutie settled in.

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend. I’m still in South Texas where the humidity is as high as the temperatures and everything seems moist and sticky to me.

Thursday, March 17, 2011

SWF – Moon over palm

Happy St. Patty's Day!

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Wednesday night sky in San Benito, Texas.

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Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Birds on a wire

01 Red-crowned parrot San Benito TX (1024x449)

Red-crowned parrots are seen in the Rio Grande Valley and San Benito specifically. Yet their population is decreasing because of it's popularity as a cage bird and habitat loss. I used to see more of the parrots on previous visits here and I’ll try to get some better photos.

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Museum of the Big Bend - Texas

 01 Museum of the Big Bend Alpine TX (1024x768)
With extra time to spend in Alpine, Texas I explored the little town and discovered the Museum of the Big Bend located at the Sul Ross State University.  (Read more...)


Monday, March 14, 2011

MWT – The Saguaro Cactus People

Icons of the west, the saguaro cactus reminds me of people. And while visiting Saguaro National Park I met a few prickly characters.

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The grow in all shapes and sizes.

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The Sonoran Desert is the only place where the saguaro cactus grows naturally.

04 Young saguaro Saguaro NP AZ

If a saguaro seedling is to survive, it needs the protection of a “nurse plant”, (or in this case rock) which provides protection from the sun and freezing temperatures.

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After its first year, the seedlings highly variable growth is controlled by the amount of water in the soil.

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Saguaro’s flowers open at night during May and June and are pollinated by nectar feeding bats, but not until they are 35-40 years old when they may stand up to six feet tall.

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The first arm on a saguaro usually appears when the plant is 65-75 years old.

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Saguaro branches always grow upward but frost or snow can damage the base of a limb allowing the weight of the branch to pull it down.

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Yet if the branch survives, the growing tip will turn upward again.

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They normally live for 150-200 years and can grow to 50 feet tall. Death may come by freezing, lightning, wind, old age, vandalism or human development.

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When a saguaro dies, the woody ribs that supported it in life become visible as the softer plant tissue dries up and crumbles away.

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Sunday, March 13, 2011

Sunday Bridges - Threesome

01 Three bridges from Hwy 90 E TX (1024x546)

Driving on Texas 90 east from Alpine

Whenever I’m driving and see the “old” road I want to be there too.

Sorry for the blur, this was a drive-by shooting through a scratched side window.

Sunday Bridges

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