First there was HOT (that's for a 7 a.m. walk, about the time the sun comes up here). Then there was HOTTER (grocery shopping at midday - no wonder the person after me asked for her groceries to be double bagged in paper; she was probably driving to the outskirts of town). And then there was HOTTEST (afternoon, not safe to go out).
On our list of things to do around Brady/Mason has been a visit to the James River Bat Caves where large populations of Mexican free-tail bats have their bat "nursery". Think hot, think bugs, think bats. I thought perhaps today was too hot but my sister pointed out that one day was as good as another until November. So I called the bat hotline (is there a reason it's called a HOT line?) to get the best viewing time (8:30 p.m.); John printed directions - something about turning onto various ranch roads (1 lane), crossing cattleguards, dirt road (8 miles of it - John does keep some things to himself...), stream crossings. First there was the little stream crossing, then there was the bigger stream crossing, then there was the biggest stream, a.k.a. river crossing (or not-crossing...)
No pontoon, no bat viewing. We DID wonder why that little bit of information wasn't mentioned on the hot line. However, we did see 2 jack rabbits (BIG ears and BIG back legs), lots of deer, a lonesome steer or two, a snake, a BIG bird (unidentified) with baby birds in tow, and a big snapping turtle. Not exactly what we thought we'd see, but an adventure nevertheless...
On our list of things to do around Brady/Mason has been a visit to the James River Bat Caves where large populations of Mexican free-tail bats have their bat "nursery". Think hot, think bugs, think bats. I thought perhaps today was too hot but my sister pointed out that one day was as good as another until November. So I called the bat hotline (is there a reason it's called a HOT line?) to get the best viewing time (8:30 p.m.); John printed directions - something about turning onto various ranch roads (1 lane), crossing cattleguards, dirt road (8 miles of it - John does keep some things to himself...), stream crossings. First there was the little stream crossing, then there was the bigger stream crossing, then there was the biggest stream, a.k.a. river crossing (or not-crossing...)
No pontoon, no bat viewing. We DID wonder why that little bit of information wasn't mentioned on the hot line. However, we did see 2 jack rabbits (BIG ears and BIG back legs), lots of deer, a lonesome steer or two, a snake, a BIG bird (unidentified) with baby birds in tow, and a big snapping turtle. Not exactly what we thought we'd see, but an adventure nevertheless... 
1 comment:
Obviously you misinterpreted the meaning of "Bat Hotline". It actually means you were bats to try doing anything in the heat!
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