SUNDAY IN LANGTRY W/ FRANK.

Seems like whenever we have guests we always end up in Langtry. It's a good day trip with pretty scenery. SPRING HAS ARRIVED IN THE DESERT...and the cactus is blooming...sort of.

This is an ugly Ocotillo that presents pretty red/orange blooms in the Spring. There's alot of it everywhere...we had alot in Pecos too.

I took these pictures at the Visitor's Center/Museum in Langtry. We've been so many times it's hard to find anything new to photograph for my blog.

This is the prettiest Yucca I ever saw.

Seems like any 'ol thing will bloom..even out of a rock.

Gene and Frank went to high school together and have stayed in touch all these years. He lives in Iowa, Wisconsin and Austin.

I was shocked and so sorry to find out that this store across the street from the Visitor's Center has closed permanently. I'd buy it and live there. Langtry only has a population of 20 folks...but it's an hour from Del Rio. It's about a half mile off the highway. We were told not enough people stopped at the store to keep it open.

This is where we always picnic. The Pecos River is down to the right...Mexico is right "over there" a little ways. This Border Patrol agent is looking for something/someone with her binoculars.

So, Frank goes and chats her up. She said the boat ramp down below is seeing alot of activity with hired boats dropping off illegals down there. They try to keep it under surveillance 24/7. Frank is facing Mexico. Of course we went down there after lunch...looked O.K. to us.

Gene and Frank face Texas and look at the Pecos River. It's down 30 to 40 feet....but we finally had over an inch of rain in Del Rio last night so Langtry got some too. We are always glad when Frank comes for a visit. It's the same drill with every guest: Pecos River, Eagle Nest Creek, Visitor's Center in Langtry and then picnic above the river on the way back.