Author: Steve

So here we are, on our site at Gulf Waters RV Resort. Almost all the sites
on our pond are finished, just five more to go. The water in the pond is
back up to where it is supposed to be, so it looks really nice. There are
fish, turtles, and a pair of coots living in it, with various egrets and
ducks stopping to visit. The weather has been the best we’ve ever had here, about seventy-five during
the day, sixty at night, with the same range in humidity numbers. Our skin
is rehydrating. No clouds, no wind, no problem.

The Broncos were nice enough to give us a last-game-of-the-season that
doesn’t matter. Nothing about this game changes anything in the playoffs.
An easy one to watch. Go Broncos.

Whew! Done! Made the eighty-hour CPE requirement before the end of the
year. Even had one day to spare. Really, I meant to start earlier.

On the way here, we did a mixture of driving, birding, and CPE. I have a
certain amount of continuing professional education to get done by the end
of the year. I can do it online, and I’ve got a lot of it done, but now,
that’s about all I have time to do for the next few days, is get my CPE
finished.

Monday. This is a popular place, Davis Mountains State Park. There haven’t
been very many people for the couple days we’ve been here, but that is about
to change. The campground is completely full with reservations for the next
week. Something about the week between Christmas and New Year. Time for us
to move on. We’re done here, anyway. East for a few hundred miles on
Interstate 10. Stopped at South Llano River State Park outside Junction,
Texas. Another great birding place. While at Davis Mountains and Llano River, we’ve seen 44 birds, including
acorn woodpecker, black phoebe, chihuahuan raven, horned lark, carolina
chickadee, tufted titmouse, cactus wren, rock wren, carolina wren, bewick’s
wren, sage thrasher, brown thrasher, green tailed towhee, tons of canyon
towhees, rufous crowned sparrow, black throated sparrow, white throated
sparrow. The chihuahan raven and rufous crowned sparrow are new birds for
us. Quail are conspicuously absent from the list. The quail score: Quail 3,
Taylor 0. End of the first round. This isn’t a sprint, it’s a marathon. We’ll be
back.