Kickapoo Cavern State Park… Bats, birds and a fat, old porcupine

Kickapoo Cavern State Park… Bats, birds and a fat, old porcupine

Though we’re still technically in Texas Hill Country, we’re in the southern extremity and not all that far from Del Rio once again. We took whatever state park reservations we could get for the weekend and Kickapoo Cavern State Park looked interesting especially since we missed the evening bat flight show in Austin and Kickapoo is also home to a huge bat population.

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A Day in Austin

A Day in Austin

We were so close to Texas’ state capital city that we couldn’t leave without at least paying Austin a visit. Other than short business trips years ago, neither of us had ever spent time in Austin and we looked forward to seeing at least a little bit of the city.

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McKinney Falls State Park - Within Austin City Limits

McKinney Falls State Park - Within Austin City Limits

When we ventured outside Blanche the next morning, the campsite was abloom in wildflowers. Texas bluebonnets, bright purple spiderwort, dainty Texas baby-blue-eyes, Drummond’s onion and Mexican buckeye all strutted their stuff in a rainbow pageant. And, yes, I had to use my NWF Wildflowers of North America book to identify them all. It’s hard to realize that we’re only minutes from downtown Austin.

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