Part of Charlie's Pasture is open again.


After the flooding in town and along the other coastal areas from last week, I decided to drive to the islands and check things out. A couple of my favorite areas to walk the boardwalks and trails didn't have much birding action, so I headed to the ship channel and Charlie's Pasture. Hooray!! The park road that follows the channel was open!! Partially. And there were warning signs all along the banks "Heavy Hurricane Damage, Proceed With Caution". The main gate to the pasture and boardwalk was locked tight...I got out of the car once I parked, and walked in. In all areas, I felt good getting out and about again! It seems like ages since I've actually totaled my step goal!!

This is some of what I saw...





Two Eurasian Collared Doves and Dragon Fly



Eurasian Collared Dove and Brown Pelican



Black Bellied Whistling Ducks and Many White Caps  on the Gulf



Fisherman on the South Jetty and look closely...a dolphin surfacing



Lydia Ann Lighthouse in Aransas Pass and my favorite trail at Charlie's Pasture..still out.



Part of Charlie's Pasture still inaccessible and a washed out trail.


Once home, I got creative and made cinnamon rolls!!  Fresh, hot cinnamon rolls.
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31 comments:

  1. Victor S E Moubarak6/25/2018

    You really take the most wonderful photos.

    God bless.

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  2. Ann6/25/2018

    As much as I love all your pictures I want to know where the one of the cinnamon rolls is. I haven't had sweets of any kind in the house for quite some time now and I would have really liked drooling over a cinnamon roll picture. I even have my cup of coffee here to go with it. :)

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    1. Hootin Anni6/25/2018

      They're yummy. I also used sugar free icing. (I like the light flavor of the sugar free)

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  3. Bunkerville6/25/2018

    Yes, I will vote for a pic on the rolls! Coffee here at the ready! Lovely photos as usual... thanks.

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  4. nookworm6/25/2018

    Photo & recipe for cinnamon rolls please. Nice pictures today!

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    1. Hootin Anni6/25/2018

      Any sweet yeast dough recipe will do. Knead it, let it rise...roll it out, butter, cinnamon, sugar. Roll it out...cut ... let 'em rise again...bake at 325° 'til lightly brown. COOL. I
      Ice with frosting. I use Pillsbury sugar free vanilla

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    2. nookworm6/26/2018

      Great! When hand is better will definitely make these!

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    3. Hootin Anni6/26/2018

      Yum...soon, I'll hafta make more. Bud liked 'em so.

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  5. MadSnapper n Beau6/25/2018

    and I am glad there is no shot of the rolls since I can't have them and they make me want them. Charlies pasture is a place I would like to visit. I even like the washed out trail photo.. not that it is washed out but that it is beautiful... glad you could get out and walk...

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  6. Michelle6/25/2018

    I like seeing the pelican and the dragon fly. My grandmother always called them snake doctors.

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  7. DJan6/25/2018

    I loved all the pictures, but especially the white caps and the dolphin (even if I had to sort of use my imagination with the dolphin). :-)

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    1. Hootin Anni6/25/2018

      Expand the image...then you can see the dolphin better.

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  8. Maribeth6/25/2018

    OK. Do the ducks whistle?
    Great pictures as always. I'm quite partial to dolphins after we had a pod of them follow our sailboat when we did the Inter-coastal Waterway some years ago. They were so friendly and came so close to our moored boat and I swear they were smiling at us.

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    1. Hootin Anni6/25/2018

      I love watching dolphins! Yes, they do whistle.

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  9. Sallie (FullTime-Life)6/25/2018

    Glad to see the good news about the partial reopening .... love the nature photos and your throwaway last sentence!! If i ever actually met my 10,000 step goal, i'm sure i'd be too tired to even think about baking anything! The thought of homemade cinnammon rolls is making me drool.

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    1. Hootin Anni6/26/2018

      ...they were worth the effort! So many bakeries use that yellow "cakey" diugh that I just don't like!

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  10. Mari6/25/2018

    You had a productive day! Love the photos, and cinnamon rolls sound so good!

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  11. Yogi♪♪♪6/25/2018

    I love those whistling ducks. I am not sure that I have ever seen them live before. We saw all sorts of of brown pelicans during our recent vacation in Orange Beach, Alabama.

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  12. Ruth Hiebert6/25/2018

    You got great pictures. Getting out sounds good, but so do those fresh cinnamon buns.

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  13. Lady Fi6/26/2018

    So very beautiful!

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  14. Lea6/26/2018

    What an interesting walk!
    Hope you are having a great week!

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  15. Coastal BC Stories Books6/29/2018

    This year has had lots of weather problems across the country and fires already out west. - Margy

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