Short Day Trip

A couple of weeks ago, while driving up to a visit, I passed a field of wild sunflowers...MANY, MANY acres of sunflowers.  It was gorgeous!  Since we had a free day today, I told Dennis I wanted to go back and get some pictures.  This doesn't capture the full effect, but it gives you an idea of what it looked like:

 

 

Afterwards, we decided to drive over to Jacksboro.  The concrete pumper guy had told Dennis about their city park, which includes twin lakes (formed from limestone quarries) that has free (limited) camping and a lot of other amenities.  It is beautiful out there!  The water is so clear.  We drove all around the lakes and looked at what was available.  We definitely plan to make a trip back up there when the weather is a bit cooler. 

 

After lunch, we drove out to the Fort Richardson State Park.  We have talked about doing some camping there sometime and wanted to check it out a little more.  While driving through the park, in the heat of the day, we saw three deer:  a fawn, a doe and a young buck.  We were only able to get pictures of the buck.



 

We hope to return sometime, when cooler, to camp and check out their hiking trails.

 

A good day!