Monday, October 18, 2004
Wichita Bend RV Park, Wichita Falls, TX - Oct 17-18
This is a nice city-owned park ($10/night) located beside the Wichita River near the Visitor Info center in Wichita Falls. On the drive here and during our stay here, we saw many Scissor-tailed flycatchers. They are locally common enough to be considered a "trash" bird (not worth looking at), but for us they're truly a beautiful and unusual-looking bird. It's hard to imagine how they maneuver about with that long, cumbersome-looking tail.Wichita Falls was named for an impressive waterfall on the Wichita River that was, unfortunately, washed away by a flood over 100 years ago. The existing falls are man-made and were completed in 1986. There is a nice trail system along the river that starts at the RV park and takes you by the new falls. Wichita Falls was also a good stop for some city-type shopping errands.
# posted by Doug and Willie @ 11:42 PM 
