Day 20

  Back in the Rio Grande valley it is hot and dry. Had been that way for some time. It has rained on us nearly everyday since we left Aransas Pass. Alters some plans but you adjust, adapt and over come. Guess where we are in this map

  I took my shirt off to see if I could find a bullseye painted on the back...

 Yesterday I sat in on a fly fishing demonstration given by one of the park rangers. Informative and I did learn some things. May get the fly rod out of storage and try again. Same ranger also cooked fresh rainbow trout for a demonstration last night. Rainbow are stocked in the river as they normally will not reproduce like the Brown and Brook. The flesh of a hatchery raised Rainbow is white. The flesh of one born in the river is pink like a salmon. While both are tasty the pink flesh is better.

 I have spoken of the fog on the river. In yesterdays video you might have noticed wisp of it hanging in the air. The attached raw, unedited video was shot around 6:30 pm just after a rain.

 And even though we are less than 100 feet from the river the temperature bankside is probably 10 degrees cooler. Such is the effect of the cold river water.

 A quick word about Arkansas state parks. This is our third park on this trip and we are very impressed. Facilities in good shape, a lot of programs scheduled, friendly staff and rangers. We will stay at two more in late October, early November on our way home.

gathering rosebuds and making memories