After we wrapped up nature watching at the upper dam yesterday at Blanco State Park, James and I headed to the lower dam. There we found some crawdads – officially called red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) – having a grand time in the fast-moving water coming over the dam. I laughed when they'd tumble down the limestone and then climb back through the rushing water. I hadn't thought about crawdads in YEARS. Seeming them brought back funny memories of one that my son kept in an aquarium in his bedroom. This morning, I dug out a newspaper column I wrote about Bob, Patrick's cranky crawdad, and my daughter Lindsey's mischievous hamster, Hamm. Those were long-ago days when my former husband was the park superintendent at Blanco State Park, and the four of us lived in the state residence.
Life Among the Living, Blanco County News, January 3, 2001
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