Adventure Location: Davis Mountains SP, Ft. Davis, TX
It was needed to take an early walk to the park office to register for the
site that is being occupied by the Castle and Truck.
The morning was cool and the skies very blue
as you will see.
To my good fortune
there were no vicious critters out to get me. The trail is a nice well done
trail.
Along the way is typical desert vegetation for your amusement. The agave has
a very pointed outlook on things that must be respected.
The hook you plant is most aggressive toward old thin skin.
It seems like it does not even have to touch
you to cause long nasty cuts on your legs and forearms.
The tentacle like arms full of hooks wave
every which way in attempts to grab some human skin.
Yes one did manage to grab and tear my arm.
Along the trail are some cliffs with sentinel trees to watch over you and
track your movements for the hookyou plants.
There is that beautiful sky that was promised.
Toward the end of the day the Truck took me to the lookout to check out the
valley.
It was still there waiting for
us and the Truck was happy.
We hope to be rolling early tomorrow.
Enough of this hiking, aching joints, spine infested skin, altitude
sickness and trails steeply uphill both ways.
Effective tomorrow morning it is fishing rod time and we are on the
prowl for fishing spots for the purpose of trying to have tooooo much fun.
TheOFM
Does this mean Rockport???
ReplyDeleteSo.........I finally get the images of the "scarey wild pigs" out of my mind and they now are your blogs greeting.
ReplyDeleteHave you ever heard of them (the pigs) being on "The National Seashore" ? My Texas trip has been delayed for so many reasons that I finally cancelled my RV park reservation and decided to show up on Bird Island Basin and do some fishing from there. I was reading on a fishing forum that the fishing has been really good there.
So many options to be excited about.......
Are those javalinas? Do they stink? Are they aggressive?
ReplyDeleteAndrea they are abundant at PINS
ReplyDeleteGLD, yes yes sometimes
I called the National Seashore park headquarters this morning...and the "Resource Management" person said, Yes, there were Javalinas on the Mainland:but, that none had been recorded as being seen on Bird Island Basin".
ReplyDeleteI will take that with a grain of salt. I am going to put a bell on my dog when I go walking with him.
Thanks !
Hope your fishing trips end up better than Billy Bob's does. (grin)
ReplyDeleteWell Andrea, It must have been my imagination all those times on the beach near Malaquite. Maybe they were just short fat puppies that grunted. I have met the resource management person and heard other tales that did not agree with my actual world experiences there. Search my blog for pictures of the Bird Island Basin area.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the search tip. I just spent over two hours reading your posts from 2008 and 2009 along with many great pictures of Bird Island Basin and the Beaches.
ReplyDeleteI won't bring my car so your knowledge is saving me a lot of gas money. I will just pull in somewhere in my Motorhome and camp where I can walk to fish.
Thanks !