More river trip photos from September - probably the last for this year

We always take sleeping photos...used to be sleeping babies...

Now it's sleeping heroes. How did this guy get here?

The Alamo set for John Wayne's Alamo movie is located in Brackettville, TX. DH and I went there a few years ago and took photos all round the place, including with a cardboard "Duke." We had heard they have closed the place to visitors now. Then we found JW in a junk store nearby. He may or may not have been the one we saw a few years ago, but it makes a good story. We figure he was tired and decided to take a snooze.

Doe grazing on the way to the low water crossing.

This doe was almost always in the same spot. Then we noticed there was another with her.

We began to call these does DH's girls.

Wild turkeys

 

Old turkey watching the wild ones

Grim lineup of turkey vultures.

 When we were driving around looking at game, we saw a rancher stop and "pick up" his dog. Then they drove down a road, the dog jumped out of the pickup and they headed down the road. We never did figure out what they were doing. Perhaps it was some kind of game. Perhaps it is a way the dog gets his exercise. 

We saw this pickup driving slowly down the road.

We began to think this is the way this pup is exercised.

Ducks coming to finish up the leftover bread.

We came back from one of our trips around the area, probably trying to see game. As  we drove up and got out of the car, a squirrel was running around on this large oak. Suddenly he disappeared into a hold in the tree trunk. I had not noticed the hole before. As I stared at the hole, I thought the squirrel stuck his head up. After enlarging the photo I saw that he was, indeed looking at us from his hiding place.
 

Tree near our cabin. Squirrel was climbing as we drove up and disappeared into a hole.

 

You can just see the squirrel looking out of the hole.

There he is.

 I have taken thousands of pictures of this river. I suspect I will take thousands more before I am done. There is always something new to see.

View across the river and slightly upstream.

View across the river

These rocks are usually well-submerged.

View down river from the cliff trail

Steps and ladder where a tree and swing used to stand.

View upriver without the steps and ladder

View of the river.

Cypress knees...nothing quite like them.

Abandoned campsite - folks left the light on and made for a perfect photo.

Full moon

Full moon over the pond