Take me to the river.
July 19, 2009Nora , me and some very aggressive minnows.
There were a couple of rather healthy nips among the nibbles, at least on my fingers. Those lines of rocks create several good-sized, slow-flowing shallow pools perfect for three-year-old exploration.
The weather was miraculously temperate. We drove through a line of thunderstorms around Kerrville and emerged on the other side at Junction and South Llano River State Park. It was cloudy at first, but of course the water was warm, and in the middle of July in South Texas the temperature didn’t rise above 80° all day. Also, because of the ominous weather earlier, the river was beautifully uncrowded.
TEXas, our TEXas, all hail the mighty state!
TEXas, our TEXas, so wonderful so greaaaaat!
Largest, and GRANDest, withstanding EVry test,
O, EMpire wide and GLORious, you stand supremely blest!
GOD BLESS you, TEXas,
and keep you brave and strong,
That YOU May Grow in POWr and WOOOOOORTH,
throughout the AAAges long.
Kinda sticks with ya, don’t it? I think I could sing it in my sleep.