Today was the Bonham State Park OutDoor Expo. If you didn’t come you missed out on fun and an educational day! Here is a bit of what you missed.
This was my designated spot for the event!
My display for the work that Jeanne and I do at the Caddo/LBJ National Grasslands. We basely look at, well everything. Plants, bugs, bryophytes, and lichens.
Folks got to look under the microscope.
Kids were interested too. There were some WOWs when looking through the microscope and in UV box at the colorful lichens, scorpion, and opossum hair!
They were amazed at the tiny world!
Certainly more WOWs when looking into the UV box at a crustose lichen glow bright yellow!
Next to my table were folks from TPWD cultural branch. They were showing kids the strength of arches bult by the CCC. Furthermore the kids built their own using wooden blocks. Scott demo how strong their arches were. 🙂
Another cool demo was the stream ecology demo.
So the barn quickly fell in from erosion on the narrow and straighten stream.
However on the natural side, the stream meandered and the green vegetation was holding it own. Indeed a very nice demo!
While sitting, Jim noticed another visitor at our table. The eight-legged visitor, the Texas Ground Crab Spider (Xysticus texanus). Moreover there are 67 Xysticus species in North America. FYI, I made up the common name. 😉
A knapping demo!
You probably were thinking, sure there was a bear encounter. Well Smokey Bear was there! A very close encounter. LOL.
Indeed what a fun day! Now you may want to make plans to attend next year!
Wow! That looks like a great expo. Your exhibit was really nice. Recognize one book on your table😉. The Buffalo soldiers and the knapping looked really interesting. Well they all looked good. Sorry i missed it.
What an educational day! Looks like you had a great time!
Bearly😉
Wow! That looks like a great expo. Your exhibit was really nice. Recognize one book on your table😉. The Buffalo soldiers and the knapping looked really interesting. Well they all looked good. Sorry i missed it.
It was pretty great. And they cooked outdoor flat bread and baked potatoes and rice and beans for us! Yum!
I read through the whole blog, excited to find out how you saw a bear! LOL! That looks like it was a great event.
Besides Smokey, someone did show us a photo of a bear that was seen at a gas station at a nearby community of Savory. 😱😀
What a super display & event. Bet they want you back next year!
And maybe you can join me!
Cool a out the bear in Savoy. And yes I would enjoy going there with you next year!
😎👍🏼!!
Apparently my wish that you actually saw a bear wasn’t that far fetched. This was on tonight’s news. https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/black-bear-spotted-in-north-texas-officials-confirm/287-514629b5-d27f-4437-b4b0-b62a69cb9847
WOW!
Thanks for the link! The game warden was there with his young son. Perhaps he was looking for a bear. 🤣