Yesterday we boated around the Aransas Wildlife Refuge, today we drove through the refuge. For whatever reason we didn't see a lot birds but we did see some other interesting things. Ed was a very good spotter .... helps that he has really powerful binoculars .... and he found a pair of Whooping Cranes way, way, way in the distance. There were people on the observation as well so we shared the siting with them.

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Thistles and butterflies were everywhere.

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Saw these deer from the observation platform as well.

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This bullfrog was busy making a lot of noise.

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On the way to the wildlife refuge is a small town, population 192, and this place with probably a population of about 10.

Back at the state park we took Zaph for a walk.

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Our trailer. Pretty good location except when the wind was blowing .... almost lost the door a couple of times.

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Interesting name for a beach. Apparently when the seaweed comes in this beach stands up to it's name.

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Flower dog.