Lake Conroe Additions and Columbus TX 2014

I have a couple of new pictures to add to those already posted to the Lake Conroe page and as we are preparing to leave Columbus TX for our new digs in Port O'Connor TX on the Gulf Coast I have a few images from our week in Columbus too.

There were lots of Bluebirds and this one posed for the camera.

Try as I may, I cannot get Blogger to display this vertically so you will either have to turn your screen or bend over to view the Red-bellied Woodpecker.

This was our Anniversary Dinner consisting of whole lobster, grilled peppers and onions, wild and long grain rice and cheddar bay biscuits prepared by your blogger.

Quite a herd of deer roamed the campground at Thousand Trails Colorado River Preserve and this seemed to be the dominant male.

These two young bucks provided early mornng entertainment for Dixie and me as they practiced their head butting.  When the big guy above decided he had seen enough he charged over and scattered them momentarily. But like all youngsters, as soon as he retreated they were right back at it!

The youngsters in more peaceful times.

Columbus is the County Seat of Colorado County TX and was established in 1837. It is one of the ealiest settlements in the state. The courthouse, to the right above is undergoing restoration. The circular tower in the foreground was once the town water tower which was built in 1833 after the town nearly burned down.  Its walls are nearly four feet thick and are made from 400,000 locally produced bricks. A metal water tank sat atop and the local fire department had its facilities below. Today it is a museum.

The Columbus Oak. Read about it below.

A picture cannot do justice to the immense size of this tree which is thought to be 500 years old.

Columbus Oak Stats.

Cathy's hot tea was leaving a vapor trail above the cup and the sunlight passing through resulted in a little rainbow.  

The Colorado River (not to be confused with the Grand Canyon carving river of the same name) is the 18th longest river in the United States and the longest river with both its source and mouth within Texas.  It is 862 miles long.

The Colorado River originates south of Lubbock and flows generally southeast through the Thousand Trails Preserve and eventually emptying into the Gulf of Mexico at Matagorda Bay near where we are presently parked in Port O'Connor.