A couple of weeks ago I published a blog post about my recent experience becoming a widower. It was the most personal thing I have ever shared publicly. Many people who read it got together and have sent me gifts and I want to tell you all thank you. It is nice to be thought… Read More Thanks and Sunlight
There is a big, somewhat challenging, day hike at Big Bend. It can range from 12 – 16 miles depending on how you do it. There is a lot of climbing up mountains, down through canyons, along creek beds, and up along the rim of the Chisos Mountains facing south toward Mexico. Unless you are… Read More “The Hike”
I went out to Enchanted Rock last weekend hoping to get some inspiration for landscape photos. I have spent so much time editing photos from my trip in August that I haven’t really done much. I have also been patiently waiting for the September heat to let go, and in mid-October it is still here.… Read More Late Summer at Enchanted Rock
In planning for my trip to Saguaro National Park, I read hiking guides and looked at maps to plan a soft itinerary so I wouldn’t just show up and hike a random trail. For my first day at the west unit of the park, I planned a moderately strenuous and scenic hike up to Wasson… Read More A Hike to Wasson Peak
The next leg of my spring hiking trip had me at Saguaro National Park near Tucson Arizona. Saguaro National Park is divided into two units, the East and the West with the city of Tucson in between. Both units of the park boast miles of hiking trails through mountains and cactus forests so I was… Read More Saguaro National Park – East
After spending the morning at White Sands, I wanted to do some trail hiking. Not far from the national park is a recreation area called Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument near Las Cruces. The Organ mountains were apparently named such long ago due to the peaks resemblance to organ pipes. The area was proclaimed a… Read More Day Hike at Organ Mountains
One of my favorite places to hike that is near to where I live, is Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge, which is to the northwest of Austin in central Texas. The wildlife refuge is US government owned and exists to preserve habitat for endangered species. In the case of Balcones Canyonlands, the two main endangered… Read More The Wildlife Refuge
At Colorado Bend State Park Texas, there is a constant spring that flows from the base of a limestone cliff, forms a creek which flows through the park, and eventually falls over another cliff and then down into the Colorado River. On Sunday afternoon I decided to hike up to the source of the spring,… Read More Spring to Falls
As I mentioned in the previous post, Big Bend Ranch State Park is the largest state park in Texas and while some of it is accessible from the scenic state highway that runs along the Rio Grande, much of the park is a bit harder to get to. I had previously been to the trails… Read More From Overlook to Overlook
Just some images from a casual hike along a river near the city that I live in. The trail through the trees, showing their winter lack of foliage. I like how the trail goes off into the distance. Down at the end you will either find a terrifying mythical beast or a parking lot. There… Read More A Hike and a Hawk
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