Walk Across Texas 2007

Thanks to Susan Blaker, Sam Glass, and Cindy Sims for the photographs.



Alamo Area Master Naturalists at Walk Across Texas (60kb) Jessica and Josie at the San Antonio Botanical Garden (73kb) Josie and J.W. at the Master Naturalist information table (63kb) Walk Across Texas is an annual Fiesta event at the Botanical Garden (63kb) Cindy, Josie, and J.W. plan the day's events (71kb)
Jose will guide you to any of the events (93kb) May we show you where the events are? (69kb) Annabelle and Thea know a lot about ethnobotany (72kb) Don't you dare burn me with that Texas Mountain Laurel mescal bean, Thea! (75kb) Do you think Cindy knows about the mescal bean trick? (88kb)
Judy and Tommie with a young naturalist (75kb) Judy at the Skins and Skulls table (76kb) Anton shows a visitor a delicate bat skeleton (59kb) The Skins and Skulls table is popular with visitors (59kb) Showing the wonders of the natural world (74kb)
Judy, Frank, and Maureen at the Animal Tracks table (86kb) Jane, Frank, Maureen, and Warren with some young trackers (79kb) What animal made these tracks? (97kb) Margy, Warren, Anton, Jane, and Jose at the Skins and Skulls table (61kb) David tells a visitor exactly where to go (71kb)
Yes, the East Texas Lake will be restored (84kb) Mmm, want some biscuits and gravy to go with your coffee? (91kb) Susan taking pictures during a quiet moment (48kb) Getting tissue-roll chrysalides ready for the kids (48kb) Patty enjoys helping all the young naturalists (46kb)
Susan, Deborah, and Patty at the Butterfly Activity table (49kb) Butterflies play an important role in the local ecology (73kb) Sam, Patty, and Nancy watch a careful butterfly artist at work (70kb) Have you ever seen a real butterfly up close? (77kb) Well then, go and see the Butterfly Lady! (48kb)
Joann is the Butterfly Lady! (61kb) Deborah keeps some swallowtails company (52kb) A quiet scene behind the East Texas Cabin (106kb) Kim and Holly talk about the birds and the bees (52kb) Monique and Holly with a table full of arthropods (75kb)
What goes better together than Cub Scouts and big fat grubs? (75kb) A rhinoceros beetle grub up close and personal (49kb) Adult rhinoceros beetles can lift over 800 times their own weight (59kb) Want to see a giant hissing cockroach from Madagascar? (85kb) These hissers force air out of spiracles in their abdomen (61kb)
So what do I have in this box? (58kb) Oh yeah, my favorite tarantula! (50kb) Holly and Thea sure know how to impress Cub Scouts (81kb) Which one do you want on YOUR hand? (85kb) A Botanical Garden resident wonders what all the fuss is about (65kb)
David passes on the classic Scout line: "Leaves of three, Let it be" (74kb) Uh, no... That's not poison ivy (82kb) THIS is poison ivy! "Leaves of three..." (103kb) It is often mistaken for the leaves of the Box Elder (65kb) Alamo Area Master Naturalists after a long day (52kb)
We appreciate all your help, y'all! (64kb)