Author Archives: Desert Elements

July 3, 2004 Buller Louisiana

July 3, 2004 – 8:51 PM

Up at 6 am to find Angie and Jayde loading sheep into their air conditioned trailer while T Jon and the guys unloaded the watermelons they picked yesterday. The days start early and end late at The Newman’s. Right now the watermelon business is hot being July 4th. Because of this years heavy rains most […]

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July 2, 2004 Buller, Louisiana

July 2, 2004 – 4:00 PM

Speaking of wrong turns…. I left Turtle Bayou around noon and crossed the Texas Border into Louisiana heading toward O’Brian’s Flying Service. In the town of Iowa, Louisiana a wrong turn down HWY 383 brought me to Boogah Red’s Vegetable Stand and family farm,in Buller La. After purchasing watermelon, tomatoes, green chile, squash and other goodies I made […]

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July 1, 2004 Turtle Bayou Texas

July 1, 2004 – 2:06 PM

28 days at Turtle Bayou! Amazing how a one night stay can expand into a 28 day adventure. I’ve met so many great people here and made some good new friends. The fellowship with V.R. and Jean, his wife, was unquestionably the high point of the trip. Spending time with them in their home, in […]

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June 30, 2004 LONG HORN PHOTOS

June 30, 2004 – 1:15 PM

I’ve spent the last three weeks working with V.R.’s herd. Here are some of the fun shots and a few of the 4×5’s. This page may be a bit slow to load…….. Good time to go get some coffee….. one of the final 4×5 images V.R. feeding V.R. and DMK one of V.R.’s cows DMK […]

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June 28, 2004 Fishen on V.R.’s Lake

June 28, 2004 – 1:14 PM

Spent the afternoon fishing on V.R.’s lake. Great Day good bass fishing Henry’s first boat ride Henry Kissen Fish    

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June 25, 2004 FLOOD!

June 25, 2004 – 11:56 AM

All week, really since a day or two after I arrived on June 9th it’s been raining. The last five days, it’s really been raining! The last few days I’ve been watching the bayou as it has slowly crawled toward my camp. Obviously the creatures are crawling too as witnessed by Henry’s recent visit from the snake. […]

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June 21, 2004 SNAKEBITE

June 21, 2004 – 11:50 AM

Woke up this morning to Henry barking….at nothing. An hour later in the car heading toward Houston I glanced over my shoulder and thought  “Henry’s maken’ faces again! (Something he does now and then in the back seat to amuse himself and me.) The funny face turned out to be a huge swollen left lip with […]

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June 10, 2004 Turtle Bayou Texas

June 10, 2004 – 11:34 AM

        Galveston was a bust -spent all of an hour there and continued east to Turtle Bayou, west of Beaumont Texas, arrived the evening of June 9th. I camped on the edge of the bayou, compete with four resident gators. Thursday morning I packed up to continue west and stopped for gas at Gator […]

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June 9, 2004 South Texas

June 9, 2004 – 11:16 AM

Padre Island South Texas Arrived at the beach on June 7th.!! Padre Island, Texas. 68 miles of beach you can drive on and camp anywhere. It’s almost empty as well. I am  sharing it with toxic waste, lots of trash, birds, seaweed and nesting Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtles. Got to see one come up and lay […]

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June 6, 2004 Texas Hill Country

June 6, 2004 – 11:01 AM

Tonight made camp on the Rio Frio River just south of the town of Rio Frio. Some really great small south Texas towns along Route 83 between Abilene and Rio Frio. The river runs through a soft valley with lots of oak and mesquite. Wild flowers and lots of elk and exotic animal ranches. The […]

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