Friday, May 6, 2016

Day Trip

We were supposed to have mostly rainy weather the early part of this week.  So we made no real plans to go anywhere, just the usual errands and such.  Kim came home from her Ladies bible study around 1 PM and was raring to go for a drive somewhere, anywhere it didn't matter.  The weather had turned off spectacularly clear, bright and cool.  She had a route in mind, our main wildflower viewing route.  So off we went.  One of the perks of being retired, you can just drop everything and do something else at a moments notice.

Click on the pics to get a much better view.





And a bonus, a Tom turkey strutting his stuff for the ladies.  Sorry couldn't get a better one, he was shy.





It is well past the peak season for the most popular Bluebonnet that draws tons of gawkers on every road where ever you find them.  But, then the above photos show what replaces them.  No less spectacular and more abundant.  We have almost 3 full months of wildflower goodness.

Happy Trails.



4 comments:

Old NFO said...

Great pics, and that's a good sized Tom!

Randy said...

Yes he was a big ole boy, had a real long beard.

Harry Flashman said...

That's a beautiful place you live in. I know the compelling feeling of "let's just get in the car and go". Sometimes we just set out with no destination in mind.

The Turkeys are out here, too. We recently saw one fanning out his feathers, something I'd never actually seen a wild turkey do before.

Randy said...

Harry Flashman-I think this is the first time I have seen Tom do that in the wild.