Sightseeing

Shirley and her daughter, Debbie, are leaving today, so we walked over to tell them goodbye and pray for their trip with them.  They said they would be back this summer and we’re looking forward to seeing them again.

It’s overcast today with a breeze.  Nice walking weather.  I just love the Texas flags on either side of the park entrance.

Another rally is arriving and the park if filling up again.

Shirley and Debbie are just about ready to roll.

Don decided we should take a drive this morning, so we drove out of the park and turned left… never been that direction yet.  Not far down the highway, we saw this Catholic Boys Ranch on another portion of Johnson Creek.

From our vantage point on the highway, I could see where the sound of falling water was coming from.

The beginning of this story left off the fact that the Dowdy family brought in over 300 head of sheep to this area, which the area could not support.  Not reason enough to kill four of their children, however.  Legend has it that some of the most savage Indians in America lived in this area.

Next stop was a Texas Wildlife and Fish Research Complex, formerly built to be a fish hatchery.  Joe was our very nice tour guide.

There were many tanks like this one.

And many indoor vats.  Is that a tadpole?  Or is that what a very young fish looks like?

We learned the Texas State Fish is the Guadalupe Bass and was in danger of becoming more hybrid than pure, so they are working at keeping them purebred.  Thanks for the tour, Joe.

The road we took followed and wound back and forth across the Guadalupe River.

It’s not dead yet, so maybe there’s hope for it.

Poor folks have to live by the river lined with cypress trees.

Now isn’t that a nice horse scene.  Love this fence.

Just Hill Country scenes.

Again, we cross the Guadalupe River.

We were almost empty are we would not be parked at this pump!!

A tree I can not identify but the flowers a very pretty and orchid-like.

Inside the Hunt Country Store where we had lunch.

Again.

Stonehenge II   

We’re now at the Point Theater.

Of course, we want to go see The Buddy Holly Story.

The Guadalupe River runs right behind the theater.

We have had a great afternoon of sightseeing around the area.

James 3:17-18

But the wisdom from above is first of all pure. It is also peace loving, gentle at all times, and willing to yield to others. It is full of mercy and good deeds. It shows no favoritism and is always sincere. And those who are peacemakers will plant seeds of peace and reap a harvest of righteousness.