The trip started at Rusk State
Park
Jump to Lake Whitney State Park or Kerrville-Schreiner
Park(below).
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| Tootsie and Marion joined us for 3 days. This
park is not on our most favorite list. It is very close to the highway, and road
noise was present all day. |
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Getting the satellite antenna aimed required finding a hole in the
thick tree cover. We had to watch the Astros! |
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| A steam driven train runs through the park! It can be taken
to Palestine on weekends (about 25 miles). |
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There is a small lake for paddle boats and canoes. |
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| Out for a walk around the block with Marion's new scooter. |
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We took the train to Palestine on Sunday. It was not very
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Arrival at Palestine after about 90 minutes. Time for lunch! |
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| A nap on the way back! |
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Lake Whitney State Park
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| The sites at Whitney are HUGE, clean and quiet. Shown here is
our site with our cover over the table. The only down side is that the full hookup sites
are not at the lake. The water/electric sites near the lake are large and double
wide; very nice! There is a very large field with baseball
backstop directly behind where this picture was taken. It is a great site for the
telescope.
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A near full moon setting Wednesday morning. |
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| Doris tries a little fishing. We will be using plan
"B" for dinner! |
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Wednesday afternoon, Doris worked on cards and we watched Wilma on
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| A flock of turkeys ran across the camp ground Thursday; they
looked like they knew that Thanksgiving was coming up soon! |
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This guy's clock must be off; he was out in broad
daylight, but having a little trouble seeing where he was going.
Note his closed eyes and the damage to his armor!
We later saw many more when hiking near the lake. |
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Telescope set up close to trailer for M-27 & M-57.
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| M-27 nebula taken through 8" telescope from our camp site. |
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| M-57 was photographed October 25. |
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As Wilma was going over Melissa in Miami, we woke up to a cool
morning! A new front came through and then the skies cleared. Tonight may be a
very good (and cold) astronomy viewing night! |
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On Thursday we went to Kerrville-Schreiner park, and on Friday,
the entire Krogstad clan joined us for dinner. Mike, Jody and the kids were meeting
Gary and Norella on their annual migration South for the winter. |
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| There were deer everywhere. Morgan tried feeding one a
carrot... |
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| ... while Leighton rounded up some more to play with. |
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Ashley helping Leighton into the tree.
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Tree full of Krogstads!
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It got a little cool when the sun went down. |
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| There is a butterfly habitat at the park. The deer and
antelope are kept out with a tall fence, so this area has the only flowers in the area. |
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There were still a few butterflies of various types, but most had
gone south for the winter. |
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Saturday we took a short trip over to Lost Maples State Natural
Area. The maples are trying to turn, and with a little more cool weather they will
all look like the one below! |
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| We visited our friend Mary Lynn who lives in Hunt (near
Kerrville), and she showed us how she works her Arabian horse in the cemetery across the
road from her house. |
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The morning we left for home I finally got a picture of the
Antelope that grazed in the field every morning. We packed up and took
one more look at property in the area. We may become residents of Kerrville next
year!!
A few more pictures of this park are here (a short stop on the way home from the Davis
Mountains in 2004). |
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