Fort Davis, Texas part one


		Fort Davis, Texas part one Fort Davis, Texas part one April 25 and 26, 2007. We are staying in Balmorhea State Park. Water & 50-amps $14 with cable TV $17 plus $5 each for park entry fee. Located a few miles south of I-10 exit 206 if you are east bound and exit 209 if you are west bound. We like to stay here for the wildlife and birding. Balmorhea State Park boast the worlds largest swimming pool. Cactus wren nest We dropped the motorhome at Balmorhea Springs State Park then headed to the Davis Mountains in our Saturn. Along the way we were spotting cactus wren nests like this one. Wild Rose Pass near Fort Davis, Texas Fake roses on Wild Rose Pass As we climb into the Davis Mountains we start up over Wild Rose Pass where we kept seeing flowers (roses) in the small bushes along the highway. The flowers looked like roses but the plants didn't look like rose bushes. We pulled over to get a better picture before realizing that some prankster had placed artificial roses in the bushes. We got a good kick out of the prank. Old apple orchard near Ft Davis, Texas Nearing Fort Davis we pass through a old apple orchard. McDonald Observatory in the Davis Mountains These two telescopes are part of the University of Texas's McDonald Observatory in the Davis Mountains. The large one on the right belongs to NASA. Ft Davis National Historic Site at Ft Davis, Texas Ft Davis National Historic Site at Ft Davis, Texas Old Fort Davis flanked by 36-million year old rhyolite ash flow tuff with well-developed columnar jointing. These parallel columns formed as lava contracted as it crystallized. More Texas Adventures Plants Trees and Flowers More 2007 Travel Adventures Mike & Joyce Hendrix Mike & Joyce Hendrix who we are We hope you liked this page. If you do you might be interested in some of our other Travel Adventures: Mike & Joyce Hendrix's home page Travel Adventures by Year Travel Adventures by State Plants Marine-Boats Geology Exciting Drives Cute Signs RV Subjects Miscellaneous Subjects** We would love to hear from you......just put "info" in the place of "FAKE" in this address: FAKE@travellogs.us Until next time remember how good life is.