Southside Branch Library, Santa Fe, New Mexico
As I told my ex-fishing buddy in California, the area around Balmorhea State Park is one of the first I've seen in Texas where I'd consider living. The reason? Water.
The source of the water in the Balmorhea area is the San Solomon Marsh/Spring, as explained in this plaque -- most of which is visible despite the reflection of a late afternoon sun.
One of the many canals within the park. And outside of the park there are aqueducts flowing alongside the roads.
As someone who fished in California from 1947 to 2008 (with the exception of 1962 when I was in Korea on R&R courtesy of the U.S. Army), I was interested in seeing if there were any fish in the canals.
There are many fish in the canals, but I didn't see anything longer than four inches. And they're clearly not trout. In fact, given the temperature of the water (c75 degrees F.) in the Balmorhea swimming pool, built in 1935, they are some type of warm-water fish.
There are likely more than one type of fish in the canals of Balmorhea SP.
Rather than return to I-10, I drove Farm Road 3078 to the west so that I could get a photograph of the Texas State Flower: the Bluebonnet.
Another shot of Bluebonnet wildflowers along with a white flower I first saw in the middle of Nevada; while it reminds me of a Mariposa Lily, which is widespread in the Sierra Nevada in California, this plant is characteristic of the SW; ie., it has numerous sharp spines.
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Links:
- Balmorhea State Park website
- Geogaching.Com images of Balmorhea SP & San Solomon Cienega
- Flickr photos of the San Solomon Cienega
- Redbubble's photos of Bluebonnet wildflowers
T 16 Apr Actual Route: Roswell Walmart - Roswell Lib - Hondo - Ft Stanton BLM bd
W 17 Apr Actual Route: Ft Stanton BLM bd - Capitan Lib - Carrizoso - Vaughn
Th 18 Apr Actual Route: Vaughn Truck Stop - Santa Rosa McDs - Santa Rosa Lib - Santa Rosa Lake SP
F 19 Apr Actual Route: Santa Rosa Lake SP - Santa Rosa McDs - Santa Rosa Lib - Las Vegas McDs - Las Vegas Walmart
Sa 20 Apr Actual Route: Las Vegas W/M - Ilfeld - Santa Fe Walmart
Su 21 Apr Actual Route: Santa Fe W/M - Santa Fe Natl Cem - State Capitol - Dollar Tree - Big Lots - Santa Fe W/M
M 22 Apr Actual Route: Santa Fe W/M - Southside Br Lib - State Capitol - Santa Fe Walmart
T 23 Apr Actual Route: Santa Fe W/M - Southside Br Lib - Santa Fe Walmart
W 24 Apr Actual Route: Santa Fe W/M - Southside Br Lib - Santa Cruz - Espanola Walmart
Th 25 Apr Route: Espanola Walmart - Velarde - Taos Library - Taso Walmart
Finding Campgrounds:
- RV Campgrounds from TrailerLifeDirectory.com
- Family Camping Directories from Woodalls.com
- Free campsites website
- Info on finding BLM Campgrounds
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