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That black dot off to the right of the trail in the distance

 

 

It’s moving.  Something to keep an eye on.  I can’t tell what it is.

 

It looks kind of big, but it still has its face down in the grass, so no I.D.  I never see black bears here along the Rio Grande but it’s not impossible.  The can come across the river from Mexico.

 

It looks bigger than those snotty little javelinas we see.  Maybe it’s a feral hog.  Still keeping an eye on it.

 

Turns out it’s a javelina after all.

 

He’s browsing on something.  He doesn’t appreciate my interruption.

 

From the right side of the trail he decides to run to safety; on the other side of the trail.

 

He’s agitated; bristly all over.

 

He pulled up at the edge of the trail to keep an eye on me; only reluctantly stepping off the trail for my passing.

 

As soon as I was by, he went right back to whatever was interesting him on the exposed side of the trail.

 

 

That was yesterday.  Today I’m practicing multi-tasking.  The weather is sunny and mid-seventies.  I’m sitting on the deck enjoying the sun, and dozing.

 

 

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We’ve had a blog all along

 

I’ve got the address on our travel card for when we meet people we might want to keep in touch with while we’re out and about.  People that aren’t on the trip report list can check in on us on the blog, and it’s a good place to archive the trip reports.  It has reports all the way back to the year 2000!  Recently though, the blog quit taking our posts.  Talking to grandson Tony, he volunteered to set up a new blog for us.  He thinks that sort of thing is fun to do!

 

We took him up on his offer and this is the result:  https://steveandjudystravels.com/

 

We’re happy how it came out.  It looks much newer and fresher than the old blog!  Thank you, grandson Tony!

 

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The osage orange

 

I first reported on this in 2009.  It’s this goofy fruit we only ever see when we’re in Missouri and I can barely remember the name of it each time.

 

Nobody likes them.  They fall off the tree and clutter the ground.

 

 

Nothing really eats it.  It’s speculated that it co-evolved with mastadons and mammoths and lives on now for no apparent reason.