Our West Texas trip was damn near idyllic. We swam every day, and I have never seen so many stars in my life. Also, the new 80 mph speed limit on I-10 rules. Photos in a few days--I shot mainly film this time.
For now, here is an incomplete list of all the animals we saw:
Turtles
Pupfish
Giant catfish
Foxes
Snakes
Bats
Swallows
Frog
Giant ants
Javelinas (one dead, many alive)
An owl (Eric saw it and was amazed)
Prairie dogs
Skunk
Deer
Tarantula (dead at bottom of hotel pool)
Scorpion (ibid; also we saw a dead spider and a swastika scratched into the bottom; we didn't stay long after that for fear it was some sort of giant bad-luck baptismal font)
Fat fuckin' squirrel
Jackrabbit
Donkey
Millipede (dead)
Lizards
Ticks
Hawks
Vultures
Bighorn sheep
Raccoons
No bears, alas.