We went to this Wildlife Refuge to see all of the migrating ducks, geese, cranes, hawks and eagles. This refuge is nationally recognized as a major wintering place for these birds and also a major stopover for those birds that continue farther south. This refuge is along the Rio Grande and is huge. The little bit of road that they let visitors drive around to tour the refuge is 15 miles long. There are lots of observation decks -- we got to see a pair of SandHill Cranes up close from one of these decks. We also saw huge flocks of pintail ducks -- they are as pretty as wood ducks. I tried to get a picture of them but those pictures didn't turn out. I posted two pictures of Sand Hill Cranes and two pictures of a huge field of snow geese. There were some serious photographers there taking pictures. They had cameras attached to scopes that were so huge you could have taken a close up of a volcano on Mars with them. The refuge is only an hour's drive north from where we are staying but about a 10 degree temperature difference (colder).
Jim wants to make sure everyone knows we were fishing on December 12th. It was in the low 60's. I caught one small white bass -- so fishing is still pretty slow. Its just nice to be able to still be on the water trying to catch something. While wintery weather is hitting in Minnesota we have been getting hit with really high winds. Saturday night the wind was gusting between 50 and 60 miles an hour. The trailer was shaking all night. I'm not used to wind like that without a storm to go with it. The snow seems to just stay to the north and west of us in the mountains. We enjoy seeing it -- from a distance!
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Missed writing last week as we were snowed in Up North ... we are frozen and the snow continues to pile up. Driving to work took up to three times longer than normal many time last week. PLEASE keep the warm stories and photos coming ... and MERRY CHRISTMAS! Is your tree a cactus this year? :)
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