Happy Birthday to Me!

November 14

Happy Birthday to me!!

I am somewhere in the hills of Texas, miles from anywhere. It is my birthday.

And it is perfect!

We have found a place to park off the highway next to a beautiful valley and we have decided to set down here for the day.

 

 It is a beautiful day. The sun is shining gloriously.

We were on the road for about 6 hours today and we drove through a variety of landscapes. We drove through flat grassland, then into mesa country, and then into hills nearly completely covered with brush and trees..

 It is somewhat of a miracle that anything can grow here as the land underneath a bare skim of topsoil is solid rock.

Yet somehow things not only grow here, but thrive. That is the wonder of nature.

 

The picture above is a bit deceiving as the hilltop you see above the rock is actually quite a ways back. The little knob you see on the top was present on many of the hills in that area.

 

I took the pictures below east of Forth Stockton. At first glance I thought the cowboys on their horses were real but a second look revealed they were made of metal.

 

 

 

After we got set up for the night, I went for a walk to get some pictures of our surroundings.

There are some very interesting trees here that seem to be related to our cedars. As you can see they have a much different shape, but the “leaves” are much the same only on a smaller scale.

 

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There are a lot of beaver tail cactus here.

 

I remember a fellow at Gilla Bend telling us how they skin them, chop them up, and then fry them with lots of hot spices and put them in a burger. Apparently they are very good.

My favorite picture of the day is the one below.  This was taken just a few yards from our MH.

We have no wi-fi- here of course so the above will be posted at a later date. Keep warm.