My site #130
My little visitor begging for food. Thought he was gonna get in my lap.
Walking path down to the lake. The lake is being choked by some kind of weed along the shoreline and it gives the alligators a great place to hide. I tried to get a picture of one of them that was hanging out by the fishing pier and grabbing the fish when they were being pulled out of the water. The fishermen weren't too happy about this.
Claudie (Wings), her baby Howdy and me in front of her new rig.
On my drive home I took off down a one-lane dirt road looking for the Mustang Cemetary, an old Confederate Cemetary. Went about 10 miles and was going to give up when a local (the only person I saw on the entire drive) told me I hadn't gone far enough; it was another five miles down the road.
Finally found it out in the middle of no where but worth the drive.
Most of the old stones weren't readable and many were knocked over. It looked like this tree had grown up in the burial plot.
There were lots of Confederate flags on many of the stones.
I do love old cemetaries.
All in all I enjoyed my relaxing trip. Enjoyed meeting Claudia, Howdy and Katrina and think I've talked them into coming to Kansas. I could never have found the old cemetery if I had still been driving my big rig so I love my little Roadtrek. Made it home to Kerrville just before the skies opened up and poured rain, with lots of thunder and lightening. Not sure I would go back tho, didn't have the pine smell I associate with piney woods from the Northwest and am just not a fan of alligators. I prefer my critters furry. However, did have to listen to a barking dog for several days and never saw an ranger or park police driving around to check on things. Lots of landscapers but nobody seemed to be in control or ever left the check-in gate. That combined with the check in from hell kind of left a sour taste. The morning I left a big 5th wheel with lots of kids and bikes and dogs moved in next to me and the first thing they did was turn on their outside radio really loud. Sooooo glad I was leaving. Just don't understand why people can't enjoy the quiet of nature; wind in the trees, birds singing, the bloody woodpecker that got up at the crack of dawn, etc. That's why I like to camp Sundays thru Fridays and leave the weekends for others. Am thinking about looking into some solar panels so I can get more off the beaten track.
