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South Texas Journey
May, 2004

My Mad Plant Scientist friend, Congo Conroe Joe, and I took a Native Plant Hunting Journey to South Texas in this May. Joe was searching for Native Cacti and the unique that grew in the ground (but not enough rocks). Naturally, I was questing the Wild El Grande! What an adventure, 36 hours and over 800 miles in a rental SUV!  Too much ground to cover in too little time, but we wandered back home with some boot and some photos to share.

Ask me if I would do this again, and I will say...
Heck Yeah, in a Texas Heartbeat!

First Stop!  Freer, Texas

Joe & His New Friend

I Am Hoping....

World's Largest Rattlesnake

Our First Roadside Stop

So Many Beetles!

The Momma of the Opuntia Bloom

A Nice Coral Opuntia Bloom

One For Size

The General Landscape

Back to the Beetles...A Bee Has Moved In

The Beetles Looks Like He Is Trapped

Now the bee is in

And going in for a nose dive, diggin' the pollen!

Who put Beetles in my Pollen???

I Dunno...I called it a Yellow Buttercup

YIKES! Another Pollinator

This Bee packed his pollen on his legs

And he keeps on packin'!