We have discovered a couple things here in Bastrop. Right down the road from where we are camping is Spiderwood Studios which was the main soundstage and 'green screen' used for the remake of the movie True Grit which came out a few months ago. You can tell it's something special - there are many trailers behind the building, it is a very large building in an area that is mostly farms - horses and cattle. And then you see not far down the road on the other side some enormous homes - nestled into the side of a hill with natural spring lake and cattle and horses grazing by. Money. Then you see poverty next to that. About a mile down the road is King Ranch - yes, the same one as Kingsville, TX that we toured - and this King Ranch specializes in turf grass growing. A name that is popular in this area is Bullock and Duff. Hmmm - any relation?
We are anxiously awaiting the bluebonnets to come out - with the drought we may not see them here, but may up north. Every night we hear the coyotes howling, not just once but at least 3 times. You can tell they are in packs - can make out at least 4 different barks. I swear the other night they were right here. We are told that you don't leave out your cats or small dogs at night - they are great food for these coyotes. Some of these campers here have 6 cats which they bring inside at night and another has at least 5. The story of the one with 5 - she catches them, takes them into get neutered, then releases them back out. Chip and Grace are loving it here - they watch these cats all the time. Grace stays up all night protecting us - then she sleeps all day. Chip - he'd rather snuggle into the covers at night, letting Grace guard our place. And he sleeps then all day.
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