Leaving Time for Surprises
We just returned from an 8 day road trip to Big Bend Texas where we saw spectacular country and the best wildflower show in 30 years. One could almost OD on nature’s beauty… The Texas Bluebonnets were 3 ft deep each side of the road and went on for miles. The sides of the mountains and hills were blue and yellow with white dotted here and there. I wanted to stop (which we did often) and just sit in the middle of the blue. We planned the trip with time to stop every so often as I needed to walk and keep my new knee limber. That let us explore along the way stopping for short walks, looking at birds and flowers, discovering rocks and finding places we might like to visit again. Golden -breasted Woodpecker Texas Bluebonnet It took 2 ½ days to get to our destination and 2 ½ days to get home. That left 3 days to explore Big Bend and 4 days to decide where to car camp while traveling. We were able to ...