We finally got the camera unloaded and you can see the man of war (one of thousands) that we saw at Pedro Island. We had a lovely, but cold day today - the high was only 41! We drove about 45 miles west of Del Rio to Seminole Canyon. We took a tour of the pictographs (see other photo) which were 8000 years old and quite well preserved due to the arid weather and the fact that they were drawn in large overhangs in the canyons which are naturally protected from the elements. The guide was an amazing fount of knowledge (you could only go to the caves with a guide to protect them from damage). He explained the history and culture of the people who drew the pictographs in as much detail as is known. There were only a few other people on the tour: a couple from Dallas, and a couple and their 7 year old daughter from VA who are traveling around the country for a year and home schooling their daughter (obviously geology and history will be easy for her to learn). We then headed west about another 20 miles and stopped at a few scenic overlooks. At one of them we stopped and picked up a few fossils in the cut of rock next to the road - found some petrified shells and worm tubes - very neat! We ended up in Langtry where we visited the original saloon (and courthouse) of the infamous Judge Roy Bean. The building itself was interesting, but the displays were outstanding. They also had a lovely cactus garden that we walked through. We came back to Del Rio and will go to dinner soon. Dinner last night was wonderful - we asked at the motel desk and a place called Cripple Creek was recommended - excellent food! I will call my cousin who lives in San Antonio tonight and touch base with her and make some plans while we are there. Our good friend Justine from Mystic will be joining us on Sunday for a week of touring in the area. One thing that I forgot to mention about Corpus Christi - we were taking our walk-about and passed a restaurant that advertised not Tex-Mex, but Chech-Mex (spicy potato dumplings perhaps???)!
Just got back from "Pizza Mutt". We have been doing nicely with the free breakfast at the motels and a granola bar lunch. I think we were still full from last night's meal so thought we would have a light dinner tonight. I did talk to Cookie this afternoon and we will meet for dinner Saturday night and hash out some plans for the week. I'm not sure what we are doing tomorrow, but we will make a plan before we go to bed. Heard that the kids are all having a birthday bash at our house in February to celebrate those who have birthdays in the first quarter (5 out of 8) - we are so glad that they get together even when we are not at home AND that they are too old to trash the house! (ha, ha)
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