Prairie Dog Town

Today I decided to take Kane to a different park for his walk. Seeing that we had to go by the South Plains Mall on the way to our usual haunt, I had no desire to battle the heavy Christmas shopping traffic. Thus, I decided to take a drive out to Mackenzie Park on the opposite side of town.

(When taking any of the dogs for a walk, I do not take my camera with me. Thus, this blog is going to be all words.)

Once I got to Mackenzie Park I parked my car at Prairie Dog Town.

Kane and I got out and circled away from Prairie Dog Town.

We came across Gilbert, a older man with a metal detector, and his canine companion, a tall boxer mixer named Chatto. Chatto had a wound on his upper left front leg. Gilbert said that it was from a dog fight and that it cost him $420 in vet bills.

Chatto was rather shy and reserved. He hid behind Gilbert's legs while Kane strained at his leash to reach him.

Gilbert and I talked about metal detecting. He was trying out his new machine, which cost him some $1600.

The desert was one of Gilbert's favorite places to do metal detecting. He would go there any time of the year except summer. That was when the snakes were out.

The desert?

I love the desert.

As such, Gilbert recommended that I visit a few places in west Texas that were desert.

They were Big Bend, Marfa, and Presidio. All 3 places are wildly beautiful places steeped in history and along (or close to) the Mexican border.

Oooh! I would love to go see those places. But with them being about an 8-hour drive from here, it'll have to be longer than a day trip.

After chatting with Gilbert, Kane and I continued on our walk. We saved Prairie Dog Town for last.

There weren't that many prairie dogs out. But of the few that were out, one in particular was very chatty.

Because the wall separating Prairie Dog Town from the rest of Mackenzie Park was low, Kane got to see the prairie dogs when he stood up on his hind legs.

Getting our fill of prairie dogs, we headed back home.

Perhaps some day I'll come back with my camera.