6 – 8 November Saw Palmettos and Vultures

Our next stop was a camp site in Lulling, just off the I10.  Oil was discovered in this area in the mid-1920s and there are still some ‘active’ oil wells within the city limits.  We looked around their Oil Museum and saw some of the Pump Jacks which they have decorated with wooden figures to make them look more attractive. 

We visited another state park called Palmetto.   Here they have a large area of Saw Palmetto plants.  It was supposed to be a swamp area as the plants like heat, wet and humidity, but because Texas hasn’t had any rain for a while the swamp was very dry.

One thing there was a lot of was Black Vultures.  We counted at least 60.  We were very surprised to see them all taking a bath in the river, very funny to watch.

We stayed at Lulling for three nights just to rest and go fishing.