It was a little chilly this morning as we were getting packed up to leave; I’m glad Mike gets to do the outside stuff while I stay nice and warm inside till the last possible minute. While he was putting all the hoses and things away he got chatting to our neighbours. We hadn’t seen them since the first day we got here and it turns out they had been in the hospital for the past two days as they suspected he had had a stroke. They were going to be heading out today too to be closer to their family till he got better. I hope everything turns out well for them.
We had a nice ride to Columbus this morning and arrived at the park in good time. Mike was happy as soon as he spoke to the ranger as there's TV and wifi throughout the park so the next four nights should be good ones. We drove around looking for a spot and met the resident deer population when we drove past a woman who was feeding them cheerios – not sure that’s the best food source for wild animals. We finally picked a spot after a little disagreement or two and got set up without any more. It is possible that we might get a visitor in the night as there are hundreds of mole hills around here; Tal-y would love this place, she wouldn’t know which one to dig first.

Mike:Lots of Deer, Dear!!!!!





We drove into Columbus for lunch and got some ok Mexican; it’s much more difficult to eat even Mexican in Texas when you’re vegetarian, the waitress looked at us like we were a little odd when we told her we didn’t eat meat. Afterwards we headed home and took a walk around the campground. As well as seeing the deer again we also spotted several armadillos that were out snuffling around looking for food. Since they can’t see too well, as long as you’re quiet you can get fairly close to them – just look out for those claws.