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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'!

All that pollen made take-off quite the chore!

There are some ants down there.

Joe making sure he left no rock unturned!

The first millepede I ever saw!

This turtle thinks I can't see him!

And another millepede!

This one coils like a snake

He knows that I will do him no harm now.

Dress in Yellow

Pepper Le Pew Blue

A Mesquite Bloom

I never realized the Mesquite blooms were so wonderful!

More Blue

We Saw this for

Wanna live the life of a Wasp?

Bug Battle

Anybody home?

The Turtle That Came Out To Play!

or should I say

I think this is an iris.

A beautiful stand of Mesquite, Opuntia and Wildflowers

Pretty in Pastel

Maybe Morning Glory's Sister

Believe it or not, a Rain Lily

Indian Blanket?

The Mexican Olive

The Bloom of the Mexican Olive

The Fruit fo the Mexican Olive

Lady Bug, Lady Bug!

I am always happy to see the beneficials!

I never expected to see Datura in the Wild!

Somewhere In Jim Hogg County!

Another Yellow Beauty

This was quite the find!

Sizing The Mammillaria

Incredible Stand of Opuntia

Incredible Stand of Opuntia

Incredible Stand of Opuntia

Some kind of Wild Poppy?

Mosquitos Love Sunflowers?

Better the Sun Flower than Me!

Roadside Rio Grand City

Incredible Opuntia Jungle

Joe of the Opuntia Jungle

Yellow Crab Spider

The Second Color of Orange Opuntia

I Think the Rio Grande and Mexico Were Over This Hill!

End of Day 1 - Mariachis and Margaritas!

Road Side Tourist Attaction

Dolphins Too!

I Love Dolphins

But I Hate Snails!

Super Shell

Fungi Time!

Found at a Snow Bird Community in Port Isabel

The Deadly Horse Crippler

Horse Crippler is So Scary!

Baby Opuntia

Marsh of the Back Bay

So Many Ants!

The Third Color of Orange Opuntia

These were a nice surprise!

The Road to Mexico!

A Shy Turtle or

Joe told me what this is, I forgot!

Leaving Port Isabel

All this and more for $5 and a song!

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