Destination: Casablanca

Driving west from Alice was driving into the barren, unihabited Texas plains that come to my mind when I think of Texas. We saw miles and miles of nothing, not even traffic.

Correction, we saw more cactus.


Lake Casablanca State Park arrived quickly, just on the outskirts of Laredo, Texas. The campsites are very much in the open, for there are few trees here at all. Some shrubs and bushes, but they are not very large. Everything is very dry and there isn't anything green in this campground. I'm sure it could be uncomfortably hot, but we are having a cooler, seventy-ish day today.

Chorro reminds me that exploring is high on our list of priorities, so he checks out the campsite first. It is important to him to know who frequented it most recently, and just how long ago that was. This information is not so important to me, and if it is somehow important in the bigger scheme of our travels, I know that he has it handled.


A friendly bird, waiting to see if we eat outdoors, I think, lets me get close enough to get a picture.


Then we are off to check out the lake.


It's a smaller lake than most we have camped near lately, and today it is reflecting a bright blue sky that makes it one of the prettier.
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It has a very popular fishing pier, and the lake is known for large-mouth bass. Chorro and I hung out around the pier for quite some time and did not see any fish being caught, even though several fishermen had more than one pole set up on the pier, a nice little row of poles. They reminded me of my Mom playing bingo on several cards, trying to watch them all at once.


I don't know if Lake Casablanca is named after the Morroccan city, the Bogart-Bergman movie or a white house here around Laredo. Although there are buildings on the shoreline, I couldn't find a significant white house.


But a sunset, yes, I found a significant sunset.

It was an added delight to watch the birds feeding across the water just as the sun went down, and if you look closely, you can see them in this picture. Another beautiful day's end.


Tomorrow is a new day.