Wednesday, December 24, 2008 - San Marcos TX
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Faulty Throttle Position Sensor, December 24, 2008
Travel route for the day
From Brenham TX I went
- South on TX 36 about 1 mile then
- West on TX 109 about 10 miles to Industry TX then
- West on TX 159 about 25 miles to La Grange TX then
- West on TX 71 about 20 miles to Smithville TX then
- South on TX 95 about 1 mile then
- South on TX 535 about 16 miles to Rockne TX then
- South on TX 20 about 25 miles to Fentress TX then
- West on TX 80 about 12 miles
To San Marcos TX
Get directions and a Google map of this route
Night camp
Wal-Mart Parking Lot in San Marcos TX
Wal-Mart Supercenter in San Marcos TX
Wal-Mart Supercenter Store #404, 1015 Hwy 80, San Marcos, TX 78666 - (512) 353-0617
- This store has a nice, level parking lot.
- Verizon cell phone service - yes, excellent signal
- Verizon EVDO Broadband service - yes, excellent signal
- Find other Wal-Marts in the area
- Check the weather here
Crayfish Chimney
Late one afternoon I sat upon my camera case beside the path where it wound through the darkest part of the woods, down near the pond, and watched a crayfish building his "chimney," the land entrance to his underwater tunnel. He had just started to work above the ground when I first arrived. He came up through the moist black earth, carrying a ball of it between his two enormous fighting claws. Using the claws as hands, he spread the soil around the hole to form the base of the chimney. He then backed down the hole and after several minutes came up with another armful.