Lanius Travels

Our next stop was Inks Lake State Park.  Beautiful area only 25 miles from my last blog.  Really green due to the rain Texas has received and is still getting.  We pulled in and set up camp.  This is a view from our campsite                                                                  It was overcast on the next day, so we toured the area and    Longhorn Caverns State Park.  Really nice cave that was cleaned out by the CCC doing the depression.   That afternoon it cleared up so we took a short hike down to Devils Swimming. On May 3rd, a morning hike (around 5 miles)  with beautiful wild flowers intermingled with the cactus blooms.  Then in the afternoon, warm enough for kayaking.  Lots and Lots of turtles Even...

  After returning from Galapagos, I played some pickleball, but basically got ready to leave for the summer.  For some reason this year, I had hitch itch really bad, so on April 4th we pulled out with friends, Jim and Mary Russell, and headed to Rocky Point for a week.  Hadn’t been there in several years, but a week on the beach was fine with me.                                    Had a great time and relaxed alot.  Then, after crossing the border, we headed to Tucson for a couple of nights to see friends.  However, the couple of nights turned into over a week.  We had broken a leaf spring coming out of Mexico (speed bumps or actually speed humps). So had to order part and get fixed.  So, we stayed, got in some pickleball with friends, Nancy and Bob Willcoxon, Bruce and Cindy Meekin, and Cindy Moore.  Also, the park we stayed at w...