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Dejando 0-oscura-30 "mañana". Estará fuera de contacto hasta que la noche del domingo o el lunes temprano. Fotos cuando regrese.

Via con Dios y Buenos Suerte Amigo!

Huh?

he's leaving at dark-30, will be out of touch till Sunday, and will have pics later . . . I think . . .

OH! OK! Thanks Buddy!

Have a great time Don!

Hmmmmm..... Thats not what I got at all..... he said ( ).

You might as well quit reading right now if you expect to see a trip report related to boating. This time I went West.
I own some land out in the high desert and decided to go out there and check on things. By the time the sun came up I was miles west of San Antonio on IH-10. I will bet that you do not see this very often;at least legally.



The traffic density was about one vehicle every 10 miles and I had to put up with this for over 100 miles.



Damn fool finally had to get off for gas. Rest of the trip was great. After i finally got to the Big Bend area I saw the old homestead.



Just kidding this is just another abandon home. Actually this is my destination.



From out there it doesn't look to bad. But, from here it appears to be more of a challenge.



On my way up I found a small cave under this rock. All around this area was fresh scat and paw prints as large as the palm of my hand. Strong evidence of a rather large mountain lion. I didn't see the cat but I didn't poke a stick in the hole either.



I finally got to the top.



Every year that damn hill get higher I think; at least that is what my body is trying to tell me.



It sure a heck looks a lot further down than it did up.

On the way down I slipped and went A-over-tea kettle. Here is the by product of my one moment of distraction. I ripped the ass out of my pants.



Tore a large piece of meat about the size of quarter out of the palm of my right hand. Slammed the toe of my hiking boot into a rock so hard to stop my sudden decent that I will most probably lose this toenail.



In addition to all of this I slammed my arm into a cacti and had to pick over 40 needles out of the arm. A couple of them broke off under the skin and I will have to wait for them to decide to come out. Thank goodness that I didn't land on the cacti with my ass and have to have someone else pick them out. It could have been a lot worse because I was alone. But, I did have both my PLB and my Icon 91A and would have been able to call for assistance. Here are a couple of more views of the area.





Had a great weekend in spite of the problems.

That's a pretty rugged place. Also a pretty place, in an arid sort of way. An interesting landscape. But try to avoid that cat.

Oh, I had my .45 auto with me. But, like I said I wasn't about to poke a stick in that hole. We have mule deer, white tails, big horn, aoudad, black bear, javelina, wild domestic boar, rattle snakes, buffalo, jack rabbits, cotton tails and prong horn out there so man is not the desired food.

"Ummm, there's injuns over that rise, Roy"

Gotta say when the yellow flowers are blooming that area is about as beautiful as it gets. But not too sure about going off alone though. It's a good thing whatever tore those pants hit where there is pockets or your butt would remember it a long time. Glad you didn't see the cat, nature doesn't care. Great, great, get away.

Very nice Don.

Seriously, was the toe shot necessary?

If I hadn't thought so I would not have posted it.

Many years ago I had accounts in Marfa, Alpine, Ft. Stockton and other interesting points out that way. Also used to run a motorcycle enduro every year in Terlingua. Love that country, but like lots of other places is nice to visit, but wouldn't want to live there.