We were able to change our plans as the trip unfolded because we never had reservations, and because we were in our RV. Here is the resultant final itinerary (leaving from San Jose, California):
Denver, Colorado, to visit our new granddaughter
Dumas, Texas, north of Amarillo, to visit Sharon's uncle and cousins
(Birding begins at this point)
Big Spring, Texas
Comanche Trail Park
Kerrville, Texas and the Hill Country
Kerrville-Schreiner State Park
Lost Maples State Park
Garner State Park
Neal's Lodge
Concan Bat Cave
Padre Island, Texas
Visitors' Center
Beach
Big Island Basin
Kingsville, Texas area
Brownsville, Texas area
Sabal Palm Grove Sanctuary
Brownsville Sanitary Landfill
Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge (NWR)
Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge (NWR)
McAllen, Texas area
Bentsen-Rio Grande State Park
McAllen Sewage Treatment Pond
Falcon, Texas area
Santa Margarita Ranch
Salineno
Chapeno
Falcon State Park
Falcon Dam
Zapata
San Ignacio
Big Bend National Park
Rio Grande Village
San Nail Ranch
The Basin
Dugout Wells
Fort Davis, Texas
Davis Mountains State Park
Limpia Creek
NOTE: We found our Texas target birds at such a rate, that we steadily saved up four days in Texas to spend in southeast Arizona. We had completed a three-week trip to southeast Arizona in September 1996, but many breeding birds had already left by then. So we decided to try and pick up some of them.