Teams Location: Rockport, Texas
The pollen count finally went down enough that my body
could breathe again and it was wonderful. It has been a rough couple of weeks
for breathing. In fact it was so good
that a walk at the Community Park was taken.
The wind was ripping the bark off the trees but the mosquitos were blown
away from the pathways.
As the Truck was entering the park a sign was straddling
the center line. As the Truck got close
it was finally legible to my crummy eyesight.
It is time for some patching of the path. In the last year a few bad spots had shown up
and were getting worse. The spots were still ok but soon would have been
trouble. Here is one of the spots that
are getting treatment. This is too
wonderful a facility to let it go downhill.
Part of the pathways was blocked off for our safety but
there are still plenty of pathways to wander for a nice outing. The park is in the slow process of expanding
into some adjacent property the city owns. Of course the expansion will be slow
but steady as the limited funding allows.
Here is a new facility that has started to form up. It will be a welcome asset to the park.
The turtle pier on the pond was getting a good business
today. Lots of folks were taking the
opportunity to check out the turtles gathering for handouts. As nice as the day
was it seemed that the viewers and the turtles were really enjoying weather.
This set of turtles seemed to be intent on improving
their suntans. That is a coated foam
float that they are sun bathing upon.
There are several of those kinds of floats anchored around in the ponds.
The city does a great job of keeping the areas very
clean. More water in the ponds would be
a welcome event for sure. As usual this park has a very welcoming feel to it
and enhances trying to have tooooo much fun. TheOFM.
It does look like a beautiful park and that's a nice pond for the turtles. You live in a beautiful and interesting place.
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ReplyDeleteGood news about the pollen giving you a break. What a nice thing to do for the turtles . . . floating islands for them to sun themselves. For a number of years I've been wondering if turtles were on the decline. Seemed like I never saw any wherever I happened to be. Enjoyed the post. Stay well.
Every tree that has fallen into my swamp has at least two or three turtles on it sunning themselves. Usually never see the big ole snapping turtles, they stay hidden, lurking.
ReplyDeleteI saw a large snapping turtle (14-15 inches across or so) in the middle of the road near my home the other day. Hope the kiddos nearby don't think of "helping" it back into the water. Those big ones take along fingers when hungry. My brother used to trap them and sell them to the local restaurants. They would be kept alive down in our garage till sold. We knew to beware upon entering.
ReplyDeleteIt's been awhile since I've spent any time in Rockport, looks like they are improving the park. The turtles look like red eared sliders. We have them all over here (Katy area), I stop & help them if I can. They are continually trying to cross the roads here. I relocated a snapper about a week or so ago. Put that dude on my blog ;-)
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