Critters

Man, it felt like we were on a safari, over on Ranch Road 334 from Brackettville towards Camp Wood.
First I saw a "road kill" armadillo, our first, dead or alive.
Then we saw a pair of road runners; runnin', then flyin'. So cool!
Heidi saw another one, a little later.
I stopped counting "road/car/truck/motorist kill" armadillos at around 4 or so.
Tons of "road/car bumper kill" deer, all over the place. I think we did eventually see a live deer.
Then, there s/he was. A live armadillo. A baby. I warned Heidi (who was tight on my wheel), slowed, turned around and stopped. Took a bunch of photos and a short video. S/he was rootin' around fer grubs in the dry leaves (it looked like. I plan to look up what they eat/forage for once we have cell phone coverage or wifi, someday). S/he looked like Piglet, with a coat on. So cute.

Then we saw some wild turkeys.
The birds I mean; don't get them confused with the 3 Jack Daniels bottles I saw, neither.

At the Big Oak Campground we sat on the porch swing and watched the deer come up along the river, which actually had water in it. A beautiful evenin' after the safari ride.

Then, this mornin' we were takin' down the tent, and "what the?!" There's a shiverin' mouse or kangaroo rat at my feet? Did I just shake it out of my sleeping bag? Nah. Did it just come out of a hole in the ground; I ooked around, nah. Did it fall out of the big tree above me? Maybe? Did a raptor just drop it? Maybe? Anyway, s/he was shiverin'. We put some rocks, sticks, and moss off the trees around it. It kind of came to, and moved over, under the little cover we provided. Hope s/he's ok?
Heidi named him/her Algernon.

And I'll spare you the two bad parts, from yesterday. They were interesting, but I don't want to write about them...

Lollipops and ice cream, Heidi.
It's all lollipops and ice cream.