We tried going fishing on Thursday but the boat motor wouldn't start so we had to take the boat in and supposedly we just needed a new battery. We finally got the boat on the water Saturday launching out of the boat launch in Rough Canyon. This canyon is in the part of the Amistad Rec area called Devil's River. The Devil's River comes from somewhere in north central Texas and runs into the Rio Grande. The high cliffs along the Devil's River are beautiful. We got close to the shore of one of these cliffs and you could here the water from a spring running into the river. You couldn't see the water at all -- it was just behind the rocks at the bottom of the cliff. I'm not sure if the water -- it kind of sounded like a small waterfall --is visible when the water level in the river is lower. The river water is very clear because it is fed by many of these kind of springs.
We are used to fishing while gulls circle overhead looking for an easy meal. Here the turkey vultures circle overhead and I took a picture of them down by the water. It's been a little cool lately but now its finally warming up more and getting into the 60's and almost 70 by the end of the day.
We will be having our Christmas feast here in the park on Christmas Eve. We have a small fiberoptic xmas tree and have gotten our first batch of Christmas cards so it feels a lot like Christmas --even without snow or cold. Also, they don't sell real Christmas trees down here -- must cost too much to transport them. They are getting ready to sell fireworks though -- I guess everyone likes to blow them off for New Years Eve. Thankfully its not allowed in the park -- its too scary with campers parked so close to each other -- but it will be fun to see them blown off out in the desert.
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