Catching up & Warming up

The first of much of the wildlife in Abilene State Park

First birds;.... of course cats!

Do not feed the wildlife....um hum..sure..

My favorite - Mr Ashes - A Siamese if you please!

Ma ma # 3

Three of the family of 6 deer pushing the felines out of the way

Heading south near Dryden, Tx toward Sanderson, Tx

Big Bend National Park about 60 miles south of Marathon, Tx

Moon over Marathon

One of my favorite residents of this RV Park in Marathon

Goodnight from Marathon, Tx

     

Where have I been?  I have been reading and enjoying to the hilt Richard's blogs and finally decided that I needed to jot some words and put up  some photos of my own.  My pictures are going to run the gamet from Abilene State Park through San Angelo and on into Marathon, Tx in this posting. Since last I wrote we have traveled from Wichita Falls, Tx all the way to Marathon, Tx.  It would seem that the further south we travel the warmer it would become.  Not so!!!  So much depends on the weather fronts coming in but more importantly it is elevation where we are regardless of the latitude.  We have gone back and forth in temp several times as we continued to travel south in Texas  but the coldest......so far has been the last four days and nights in Sanderson, Texas.  We stayed in that little dying burg for four nights to try and keep our water lines from freezing and bursting.  We were up each hour on the hour throughout the nights to run the water and make sure the water was still running.  It was rather like getting up with a baby at night but without the changing of diapers; leaving us feeling rather groggy during the day.  We are now only about 48 miles as the crow flies from the border of Mexico but it is still predicted to get down to 27 degrees tonight and even colder on Friday.  Yes, yes, I know that must sound like a heat wave in Crystal Falls, but WAY down here in the heart of Texas, it is DAMN COLD!!!

We left Sanderson, Tx this morning with the sun shining brightly high overhead and the temp rising to  a balmy 54 degrees!!!  As we traveled west only 50 miles but another 2000 feet in elevation the temp dropped 10 degrees. After setting up camp the sun coaxed us out for a short bike ride through the neat little village of Marathon, TX.  We have stayed in this RV park two previous times and one thing I absolutely love is their chickens!!  They must have the same philosophy as I had in the past about chickens.  They get to live out their lives on the hoof and not in the crock pot!!  The same four Aracanas (green egg layers) are still residents of this park. 

We hope to head down to the beautiful National Park of Big Bend in the next couple of days.