We arrived yesterday from Zapata into Laredo, Texas and signed into the Lake Casa Blanca State Park for a couple of nights. It is a huge state park and we discovered today while out on a bike ride that it used to be a county park until 1991 when the state took it over. It actually had a lot more going on when it was a county park. Science and nature interpretive centers and areas for large groups, education plus all the areas for camping. We rode quite a bit today and it seems sad that a beautiful park almost in the middle of Laredo but well protected from highways is so unused. It may be the time of year also. As it was 90 degrees yesterday when we were out riding I cannot imagine staying here in the summer when it is 110 or so.
As we were riding away from our camp site this afternoon we saw ahead of us a huge flock of birds that were taking off from the water about 1/8 of a mile ahead of us. As they rose into the air they kept turning and catching the warmer thermals to rise higher. There were hundreds if not more. I will post a picture but I don't know if anyone can see them clearly. I did a search on Google and discovered that they are Snow Geese and this is part of their migration path for the winter. They were beautiful as they rose higher and higher into the sky until they looked like little pieces of snow or cotton balls high in the sky. We also came across a snowy Egret with young and I was able to get a picture of her standing in the water of a marsh and then as she took off when we startled her. She did turn and come back to her young.
Please excuse the three pictures of the same frame. Can't figure out how to remove it!!! Will work on these skills a bit more.
We are off to the Del Rio, Texas area tomorrow and will leave early as it is about a 4 hour drive. It too is right on the Mesican border and we may get brave and walk across. We were told not to do this in the Laredo area as there are drug wars going on all the time and people get caught in the cross fire.
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