Leaving Lake Conroe, we headed due west to Medina Lake
just out of San Antonio. ..which is still showing
the devastating effects of the Texas drought. . .
We took this pic exactly one year ago. ..at the beginning of April 2011
and exactly one year later, April 2012. . .
the previous pics were taken on the south end of the lake near the dam.
Six miles north, where the Thousand Trails RV Park is in Lakehills, TX
the lake bed is so dry. . .the cows are grazing on it.
That’s the Medina River you see in the center of the pic. . .
last year, Dave caught about a 3 lb catfish,
from the bluff where he is now standing to take this pic. . .
It’s gonna take a lot of rain north of here to fill all this back up. . .
The fabulous thing about this park is the wildlife. . .
Texas jack rabbit in motion. . .
a mama hummingbird on her nest. . .the nest was about the size of a ping pong ball. . .
this pic is taken with an 800 zoom lens. . .could never have gotten it without that lens.
the aerial acrobatics of the scissor tailed flycatchers were amazing. . .
and so was Mama flycatchers nest building abilities. . .
Both weekends that we were at San Antonio,
we attended services at Hope Center,
where Nathan Scoggins is doing an incredible job as the pastor. . .
on Easter Sunday, the artist rendered this painting
as Rev. Scoggins brought the message
“A Portrait of Love”
While we were at Lake Medina, we also managed
to get our RV washed and waxed. . .
which makes me a very happy camper!
Next we are off to visit Dave’s Aunt and Uncle in Granbury TX. . .
Lucky you finding the hummer's nest!
ReplyDeleteIt really was luck Judy. . .if I hadn't seen her flying to it. . .I would have never noticed it. It completely blended in with it's surrounding's, especially the moss and air plants. . .
DeleteThe devastation from the drought is a mixed blessing. So sad to see the river down but the space for the cattle to graze is a lovely spring green!
ReplyDeleteI know the farmers are glad for the rain they have gotten to green everything up. . .and the wildflowers were just glorious. . .but Dave was standing about 20 feet up on what should have been the lake shore. ..so normally, that entire area would be completely filled with water, and we wouldn't even see the river.
ReplyDeleteI can't imagine how many inches or even feet of rain it may take to completely recover. . .thankfully, the Gulf Coast has been taken off water rationing. . .