We've been busy fishing with Jim catching most of the fish lately. I only put a picture of one of the white bass he caught. They are fat -- full of spawn- and with the water temp hitting 60 degrees they should spawn when it goes up a few more degrees. He also caught some pretty large mouth bass and one small mouth bass. I went to the local hardware store here and bought a white lure like he has been using so I'm hoping my luck will change. It's a little strange that the hardware store would have the best selection of fishing gear but fishing is a big part of the economy for Del Rio.
The weather has warmed up to the 70's and even low 80's -- fabulous! The warm weather along with the rain we have had here is going to mean the desert will bloom big time. We are starting to see it with one type of Yucca starting to bloom. These Yucca are 6 feet tall and the blooms are on a stalk over a foot long. There are many individual flowers in these stalks and each flower is three inches long and almost as wide -- very pretty. Although, I went through the thorny brush and picked one of the individual flowers -- pretty but no nice smell -- they don't smell at all.
The campground is starting to empty out as some of the folks from Colorado, Kansas and Wyoming go back home for the summer. Some folks have to go back a little earlier than they would like because of health issues or needing to help out on the ranch or farm. We are happy to be staying and enjoying the heat down here for another month. We know when we head back to Door County, Wisconsin it is going to be awhile before its in the 80's again.
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