Killer Bees?

When you look at the picture of the high canyon wall from the water you can see how pockmarked the canyon wall is. All of these holes and crevises are excellent places for beehives. Here in Big Canyon we were fishing next to this wall and heard a loud hum. We also noticed there were a few bees flying around us and a lot more dead in the water. The only large beehives around this part of the country are pretty much made up of Africanized bees "killer bees". We obviously got the heck out of there quick. Just the sound of the the hive is frightening. I can't imagine irritating them and having them all come after you.

I tried taking a picture of the sunset over the water facing toward Mexico. We were at the campground and boat ramp that the local Air Force base has on Lake Amistad. This boat launch area and campground is right before you get to the dam -- and into Mexico. The public can use the ramp but only military personnel can camp here.

The local Ford dealer finally fixed the vibration we had in the truck at certain speeds. After balancing the tires three times and having it still shake they finally replaced the drive shaft. All of this work has been going on since before Christmas. Nothing gets done very quickly down here. Thank goodness for an extended service contract. It seems to have done the trick so now we can go on some longer drives again.

We took the truck about 60 miles northwest toward Big Bend National Park and took a picture of the scenery with the canyon in the background. We are planning a few nights up at Big Bend for last week of February. We hear it gets really busy there in March with all the spring breakers.