Friends we made in Door County, fellow workampers, stopped and camped with us over Thanksgiving. They took us to see some of their favorite sites around the Del Rio area. They volunteered one winter with the National Park Service here at Lake Amistad.
We went north about 40 miles to the Pecos River boat ramp and rec area that is part of the National Park Rec Area around Amistad reservoir. One picture shows the boat dock and ramp with the bridge (hwy 90) over the Pecos River. The other water picture shows, although not very well, where the Pecos River dumps into the Rio Grande. I also tried to get the Ocotillo cactus that is blooming in the picture. It is the dead looking branches on the right with tiny red "flowers" at the tips. This boat ramp is the least popular of all along the reservoir because its so far out and because it is a long steep walk from where you launch to where you park.
The other picture of of flowering Purple Sagebrush. It only blooms after a rain and if it is also warm enough. We had a little rain and poof two days later it was blooming in a few places. The blooms only last a day or two but it was very nice to see something blooming in the desert in November.
We had a great Thanksgiving feast at the park. The park owner cooked up 4 turkeys and a ham and everyone in the park brought a dish to pass. I made wild rice just to have something from Minnesota on the table. Everything we ate was very good -- even the cucumbers in vanilla pudding.
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