Natural park-like setting

We had to camp at a county park for one night before we could get into Choke Canyon State Park which is situated below San Antonio.

The oil refinery in the background not only made for an unusual camp setting, but the sulphur smell and the noise would not encourage us to stay more then one night here. But there were seasonal campers here!!

Oriole nest on the hydro lines

I had to take this picture for Stef's sake. There was this beautiful Oriole nest hanging from a hydro line and it was swaying in the breeze. This was just outside of a State Park that didn't allow vehicles in so you could walk, bike or take their trolly in to view the bird feeding stations.

The name of the park is Bentsen Rio State Park in Texas.

Historic manual ferry

We came across this manual ferry that would take you over the Rio Grande River to Mexico. And yes, there were customs agents on the American side to check you back in. There was no money wasted on a grand building though, it was a very small shack which could only fit one of the two customs agents inside.

This ferry was manually driven and was the only one of its kind in the U.S. We took our bikes across and then biked about 3 miles to the nearest town.

Goat cowboy!

Only in Texas would you see a cowboy herding his goats!

Bob the Pelican

The fishermen called him Bob and gave him the fish that were too small to keep.

Lazy pelican

This pelican had it all figured out! He would wait for the fishermen to catch a fish and then quickly try to snatch it.

Blooming bush

Since Texas had so much rain in January the bushes, trees and cacti were starting to bloom when we arrived at the beginning of February.

Cooper & Hudson

Beppe and Opa went to Kris and Christa's house to celebrate Kris' 32 birthday which was on March 14, 2007. Cooper decided he was old enough to hold his new baby brother. Oh and of course we had birthday cake for the birthday boy.

Stef