January     February 1 - 15   February 16-29     March 1-15    March 15-30    April 1-15

Padre Island
Our 'snug' site at the Padre Island county park, at the beach near the pier, riding on the ferry, one of the ferry boats, view at the Aransas birding center

Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
1. Daddy, he followed me home. Can I keep him? 2. Those two white specks are whooping cranes 3. View over the refuge 4. A javelina

Corpus Christi Science Museum
Columbus Ships - Alex at the bilge pumps, Santa Maria and Pinta reproduction ships, Becca helps raise the anchor, Alex and Becca at play

Becca helping to steer the tiller

Mission, TX
60 mph wldflowers on the drive down
   

Bensten Palms RV Park

North American Butterfly Association (NABA) Park
            

Bridge to Mexico
   

Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge
       

The Road to Nowhere  - is route 83 according to the book, Road Trip USA, a write up of many of America's two lane highways

Garner State Park
           

Caverns of Sonora
Amazing crystal formations
                    

Formations include delicate crystals, 'applesauce', pure white colors, dogtooth, and a beautiful butterfly

Sites on the drive back from Sonora to Garner State Park:
"rust in peace" display, loose bulls, hill country views
       

Seminole Canyon
the canyon, our guide and petroglyph interpreter, various petroglyphs of shamans and their visions, desert flowers around the camp ground
        
                        
           

Big Bend National Park
Entrance sign, Vermillion Flycatcher at our campsite, cliffs visible from our camp
            

Hot springs area - the springs are flooded, a blue bonnet in full bloom, cliff wrens nests, Ranger Dean shows us the screw bean plant that gray fox eats, view of the old hot springs store

Chisos Mountains/Basin
       

Boquillas Canyon
View on trail into the canyon, sand slide hill (with sliders!), Alex in front of the canyon entrance
       

Hot Springs/Rio Grande Village trail Hike
Views all around, cactus flowers, snake! (mountain patch nose), Becca poses where the snake was (note her expression!),  ravine
             

Santa Elena Canyon
At the entrance to the canyon trail, inside the canyon
                    

on the trail into the canyon 
    

Working windmill at Dugout Wells, girls in front of a blind prickly pear cactus
               

Ft. Davis National Historic Site
Junior Ranger Pin, Barracks, Officers Quarters
              

Davis Mountain State Park
Becca looking at the Davis mountains, inside the adobe lodge built by the CCC