Balmoreah...

Hummingbird on the nest at park
Swimming with Josh and Case at Balmoreah

We took a family trip to Balmoreah State Park last week. Put 1,435 miles on the Suburban and just had a wonderful time. Picked up Joey and Case in Fort Worth on Friday, met Melanie in Midland and continued Southwest. Kim, Ryan, Kody & Josh met us at the park Saturday. The feature of the park is an artesian well that surfaces near Balmoreah and runds 1 million gallons of water per hour. It feeds a very large swimming pool where you can swim with fish and turtles. We spent a lot of time feeding fish behind the cabin, watching a snake eat a catfish, feeding chipmunks, and bird watching. We also traveled to the McDonald Obersvatory and Marfa (no- we did not see the lights). Joey was the official photographer for the trip and as soon as he gets over a bout with kidney stones, we will get some better photos of the trip.