Drought!

At least once a year, Psguru and I take a week off to spend together and find some interesting places for letterboxing and photography. October 2008 found us traveling to Uvalde County, Texas. We were looking forward to our adventure which would have us camping at Garner SP for the first time. Our activities were to include: letterboxing, photography, hiking and fishing. After driving around San Antonio, we made our way west looking at the scenery before us with great delight. PsGuru was really looking forward to casting his line in the Frio River which runs through Garner SP. The closer we got to Uvalde County, we begin to notice signs that named various creeks that were along the highway, but the creek beds were DRY!!! The Ranger at the park said they were in a drought and it had been months since the last rain. We were very surprised to find the Frio River very shallow in places, even to the point of walking across without a problem.
We were instructed by the Rangers, that we could walk down the river from where we were camping and possibly find a deeper part of the river where we could catch some fish. We did manage to find a spot, and caught and released about 10 bass in about an hour. We could actually see the fish swimming for the bait. We did keep about three of them for lunch. Psguru prepared the fish and I fried them for a delicious lunch!

Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay

After stamping in Grand Gulf Mortar, (this was Baby Sister's first box) we headed to the levee at Catfish Row where there are lots of fun things for the kids to enjoy. There's water sprinkler, playground, and you can drive through the flood wall and view the river. There is a box here, but we weren't able to stamp in this time. I told them we would come back another day. I got this priceless photo while we were there:



We walked back over to Catfish Row,where we had fun rolling down a grassy hill. Even Baby Sister got in on this one.



We finished our day at yet another playground where Baby Sister had fun!