WILDFLOWERS AND CRITTERS

THIS YEARS CROP OF QUARTERHORSE FOALS AT A WATERING HOLE NEXT TO OUR CAMPSITE.DOUBLE 66 RANCH PANHANDLE.

WATERSNAKE IN LAKE AT DON AND JUDY'S TRINITY TEXAS.

THE DIVERSITY IN THE CHAPPARAL AND HILL COUNTRY OF SONGBIRDS HAS BEEN AMAZING. BIRDS WITH GREAT NAMES SUCH AS TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE THAT HAD A SONG SO COMPLEX IT WENT FOR 7 MINUTES BEFORE REPEATING THE SEQUENCE-HARD TO GET CLOSE TO THOUGH.SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER,RES-WINGED BLACKBIRD AND BLACK-BELLIEDWHISTLING DUCK-SUCH DESCRIPTIVE NAMES.

I SPENT ALOG TIME ENTHRALLED AS THIS WASP FED THE WAXX TO THE LARVAE IN THE CAPSULES AND THEY THEN SEALED THEMSELVES IN.

WILDFLOWER DIVERSITY AND AN ARRAY OF BEE,BUTTERFLY,WASP AND BEETLE POLLINATORS.

COLLARED LIZARD IN ALIBATES FLINT QUARRY.

YOU LITTLE HORNY TOAD!! (A LIZARD ACTUALLY)

LIZAED WHOSE CLAIM TO FAME IS ON DUSK TO COME OUT AND DO PUSH-UPS AND HEAD NODS WHILST LOOKING FOR OTHERS OF HIS SPECIES. ONCE A MALE IS SPOTTED HE TEARS OFF TO FRIGHTEN AWAY.WHEN A FEMALE IS SPOTTED HE TEARS OFF AND IS ABSENT FOR SOME TIME!!

FOUND THIS PINIC SHELTER COVERED IN SWALLOW NESTS AND DOZENS OF PARENTS BUSY FEEDING THE HUNGRY KIDS!!

HIGH PLAINS ARE COVERED IN THIS YUCCA ALSO KNOWN AS COW CANDY!!THEY LOVE THE FLOWERS.OTHER NAMES INCLUDE SOAPWEED WHICH IS JUST ONE OF MANY USES THE INDIGENOUS HAVE FOR IT

SCISSOR TAILED FLYCATCHER.

KEVIE DOES DALLAS

NOT REALLY A LOT TO SEE IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS.THIS IS THE SIXTH FLOOR MUSEUM (REALLY GREAT BUT NO PHOTOS!!) THE OLD TEXAS TEXTBOOK REPOSITORY WHERE LEE HARVEY OSWALD SHOT JFK FROM THE SQUARE WINDOW ON THE RIGHT SECOND FLOOR FROM THE TOP.

THE FIRST BULLET STRUCK JFK AS THE CAVALCADE PASSED UNDER THE STREET SIGN.TWO MORE STRUCK BEFORE IT TOOK OFF UNDER THE UNDERPASS.

WE ALSO WENT TO THE TREASURY PRINTING BUILDING ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF DALLAS AND WATCHED THE ENTIRE PROCEESES TO PRODUCE AND PRINT BANKNOTES-NO PHOTOS HERE EITHER!!

SAN ANTONIO SPANISH MISSIONS

I FULLY APPRECIATE THE SIZE OF THE CHURCH ADMINISTRATION AND THE NUMBER OF CHURCHES AND CONVENTS THROUGHOUT MEXICO WHEN YOU SEE THE SCALE OF THE CONVERSION ENTERPRISE THROUGHOUT TEXAS.DOZENS OF MISSION STATIONS STRETCH ACROSS SOUTHERN USA FROM FLORIDA TO CALIFORNIA.
THIS IS THE ALAMO WHERE DAVY CROCKETT AND A RAGGLE TAGGLE GROUP OF REBELS FIGHTING FOR INDEPENDENCE FROM MEXICO 3-400 WERE KILLED .A LOT EVEN AFTER SURRENDERING UNDER THE ORDER OF NO QUARTER (RED FLAG) OF SANTA ANNA THE THEN MEXICAN PRESIDENT. THIS AND OTHER MEXICAN ATROCITIES INCLUDING THE GOLIAD TURNED THE POLITICAL TIDE AGAINST THE MEXICANS AND LED TO SANTA ANNA'S DEFEAT AT SAN JACINTO A BATTLE THAT ONLY LASTED 18 MINS!!!

BEAUTIFUL SAN JOSE. AMAIARCHI BAND PLAYED THE MUSIC FOR THE MASS.

SAN JUAN

SAN FRANCISCO

REMINISCENT OF MEXICO. LOCAL INDIANS PERFORMING DANCES AND CEREMONIES WHILST MASS WAS ON INSIDE!!

BOATING TEXAS STYLE

JUDY IN TOTAL CONTROL OF THE STERN.WHO NEEDS A MOTOR?

WHILST STAYING WITH OUR TEXAS FRIENDS DON AND JUDY WHOM WE MET LAST JUNE CAMPERVANNING IN ALASKA A DAY BOATING ON THE LAKE THAT ADJOINS THEIR PROPERTY WAS ORGANISED.AS DON PUT THE TRAILER AWAY JUDY SOMERSAULTED SPECTACULARLY WITH A DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY OF 9.8 INTO THE AQUA.A FEAT PERFORMED IN SLOW MOTION WHILST HAULING ON A ROPE THAT WASN'T TETHERED TO THE BOW! JO IN TRUE GIRL GUIDE FASHION DIVES IN AFTER THE BOAT WHILE KEVIN WAS STILL TAKING OFF HIS SHOES AND SOX. MUCH HILARITY LATER AND THE BOAT SUCCESSFULLY WOMANHANDLED TO THE JETTY. THE AFTER MATCH WET TEE-SHIRT COMPETITION RESULTED IN A DRAW.JUDY'S PRIZE A NEW CELLPHONE TO REPLACE THE ONE IN HER POCKET!!

CELEBRATORY MANHATTANS ON THE LAND DECK AFTER A SUCCESSFUL DAYS OUTING.

CARIBBEAN FAREWELLS

FAREWELL TO RACES AT CAYMANAS JAMAICA.

FAREWELL TO HASSLING CRABS AT...

BEAUTIFUL NEGRIL BEACH.

BOB'S UPGRADE TO HOPE ST KINGSTON PLUS STUDIOS AND NOW MUSEUM.

BOB'S JEEP.

BOB AND FAN!!

BOB'S HERB GARDEN!!

BOB'S SMOKING ROCK AND SOURCE OF INSPIRATION MON.HIS LEGACY IS A NATION OF SPACED OUT LAZY DEADBEATS BY LARGE.

BOB'S MAUSOLEUM AT THE MARLEY EQUIVALENT OF GRACELAND IN THE SMALL NORTH MOUNTAIN TOWN OF NINE MILE WHERE HE WAS BORN.

THE STREETS OF TRENCH TOWN AND THE SURROUNDING GHETTO SUBURBS.

TRENCH TOWN STREET OF THE FAMOUS YARDS.NO WOMAN NO CRY.

THE WAILERS ALL CAME FROM THESE NEIGHBOURHOODS AND WERE INSPIRATION FOR THEIS SONGS.

MARLEY FAREWELL-NOTORIOUS TRENCH TOWN BOB'S HOME UNTIL FAME REQUIRED AN UPGRADE.

...ACHEE,RICE SALTFISH ARE NICE....ACHEE FRUIT -EAT THE WHITE PULP TREES GROW 40 FT AND DROP FRUIT CONTINUOSLY THROGUH THE SEASON.

JAMAICAN FAREWELL-DOWN AT THE MARKET YOU CAN HEAR........DOWNTOWN KINGSTON IS A CHAOS OF MARKETS-DRIVING DODGING MAKESHIFT TROLLEY WAGONS,TRASH,POTHOLES AND MAKESHIFT CRICKET AND SOCCER MATCHES AMONG THE THRONGING MASSES.

CAYMAN FAREWELL-JO SHOT THIS BOILING SUN THAT SHIMMERED LIKE SODIUM BURNING ON WATER