A View From Lover's Leap

Here are a few snaps I took at Cameron Park. I drove up to Lover's Leap for a look and took my camera with me. I remember coming here when I was little. You could climb around the edge and hike down to the river. Legend has it that two Huaco Indian lovers ran away and jumped to their death off this cliff. It seems that the their families didn't approve of their courtship. In the recent past others were climbing around and fell to their death. In response the city has erected fence barricades to discourage this climbing.

This is a view of the Bosque River looking north. About a mile south of this spot is the confluence of the Bosque and the Brazos River.

Looking over the cliff down to the river.

Another shot looking down at the river.

Looking north past a fence barricade to the end of the old retaining wall. This is the wall I would climb around to get down to the river. Ahhh, those were the good old days.

This is an old wind worn tree at the top of Lover's Leap.

Looking past another fence barricade there is a big chunk missing from this retaining wall. This area was always my favorite because it juts out farther that any other part of the wall on the cliff.

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Zoo Field Trip Pictures

I took my class on a field trip on Friday. We went to the Cameron Park Zoo.

Here is some of what we found.

No this is not a set of yard decorations. I think they are antelope. I really don't remember. I do remember that they were with the giraffes. I also know that these are not giraffes.

While at the zoo I was looking for a nickel. This is the closest I came to finding one.

Here are a few fish. They were all in the same picture but I cropped them out and enlarged them.

Above I have a shot of a jaguar and a lion. I suppose that it is obvious which is which.

A meerkat sunning itself on a cool morning in Waco.

Not an animal at the zoo but it is something wild I saw at the zoo. Look at that hair. That is the real color. Yeah I know that it has probably been dyed. What I mean is that it is not a wig. No, I don't know the lady.

Finally, this picture was not taken at the zoo but was taken on the same day. I had to go pick my daughter at work and while waiting for her I kept hearing a strange noise. I started looking for the source and finally peered up the utility pole. There it was at the top by the transformer. I apologize for the quality. I had to enlarge this quite a bit. By the way this picture was taken in the parking lot of the Dwyer Group which is approximately 1/3 of a mile from the zoo. I hope they are not missing a woodpecker.

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Inaugural Post For "Visions of My World"

Welcome to the inaugural post for my new blog. I hope to share various photographs and shots that I take. They may be from the Waco area or other places I may go to from time to time. I also like to look for misspellings and other things that I think are odd.

Here are a few examples that I have previously posted on my other blog Horst Household Happenings. Please visit it if you care to.





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