Fr. Glenn: Of Foot And Flight
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
It’s that time of year again. Yes, yes … tinsel, Santa Clause and the joyous squeals of children unwrapping their treasures on Christmas morn, but also that of a particularly delightful natural beauty here in New Mexico: the migration of thousands—perhaps millions—of various waterfowl down the Rio Grande.
A most memorable unplanned side trip of years gone by was a January unplanned detour from the mundanity of south I-25 to visit the Bosque del Apache Wildlife Refuge. Often touted for its winter migratory fowl population, expectations were nonetheless rather low; after all, how many times have we been disappointed by over-hyped tourist destinations? But this time … whoa! Tens of thousands of our winged companions swimming, circling, dining freely in their watery haven. Definitely worth the detour, or even a day trip, prior to their return to northern climes.