Estero Llano and Rio Hondo

Estero Llano Grande State Park

Low Water Bridge

Rio Hondo 

July 15, 2015

Our day started by visiting Estero Llano Grande State Park.    The stay at the park was short, but we were still able to follow some of the short trails and saw the beautiful landscape.  

Estero Llano Grande State Park has two sub watersheds one is the Upper Pilot Channel-Laguna Madre the other is the Llano Grande Lake-Arroyo Colorado.  They flow into two watersheds the first is the Upper Pilot Channel-Laguna Madre the other is the Upper Arroyo Colorado.  These then flow into the South Laguna Madre River Sub Basin.  It then flows into the Nueces-Rio Grande Coastal Basin River Basin.

We continued to see the flow of the river at the Low Water Bridge.  At this particular point there was minimal to no current.

Our last stop was at Rio Hondo to see the vertical lift bridge over the Arroyo Colorado. This area is part of the Line V Canal-Arroyo Colorado Sub Watershed.  It then flows into the Lower Arroyo Colorado Watershed.  From there, it continues to flow to the South Laguna Madre River Sub Basin then into the Nueces-Rio Grande Coastal Basin River Basin.

At the bottom of these columns, we were able to see a sheepshead fish eating the barnacles.  Many mullets were swimming along the bank.