In Big Bend National Park there is a large boulder balanced on some other boulders; this feature is called Balanced Rock. Balanced Rock sits at the end of the one-mile long Grapevine Hills trail and is a popular hiking destination. I have had photographic aspirations for this feature as it overlooks the desert to the… Read More The Grapevine Hills
After visiting Garner State Park in the rain, the next day I went out to Seminole Canyon State Park and Historic Site. Seminole Canyon is on the Rio Grande and is another Texas state park I had never visited; Texas has soooo many state parks. I love the Rio Grande area for hiking and photography,… Read More Hiking Along the Rio Grande
I went to vacation in Galveston for a week. My intent was not to take a lot of photos, but to mainly spend time with the family. I did manage to sneak down to the beach at sunrise a few days while everyone else was in bed. Every morning that I went down there were… Read More Sunrises at the Beach
Happy Easter! When it’s Easter there are usually a lot wildflowers to be found and I can’t resist taking a few close-ups of the flowers when I am out hiking. Yesterday I came across a rather large patch of bluebonnets on my hike and that gave me the opportunity to shoot close-ups and experiment with… Read More How to Shoot Flower Close-Ups
The northern-most of the four mission of San Antonio Missions National Historical Park is Mission Concepción. This mission seems to be the smallest of the four and there were very few people there when I visited, but it does have the most intact surviving church from the 18th century and according to the National Park… Read More Mission Concepción
I went hiking in Colorado Bend State Park Texas and I thought it would be nice to go see the waterfalls. They aren’t huge waterfalls, but it is nice hiking anyway. Waterfalls The first trail I went up was the Spicewood Springs trail. This trail has a lot of small waterfalls along the rocky trail… Read More Waterfalls and Armadillos
Inspired by Chasing Unicorns I recently visited San Antonio Missions National Historical Park in San Antonio. There are five Spanish missions in San Antonio and the National Historical Park encompasses the four you’ve probably never heard of. I visited these four on a day trip recently and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I didn’t visit the… Read More Mission Espada
Enchanted Rock is an outdoor attraction in central Texas with a state park built around it. Even though it is quite isolated out in the hill country, it is a very busy park and you should probably get reservations online a few days in advance if you want to go experience it as they limit… Read More Enchanted Rock Reflected
If you want to get a decent breakfast when camping out in Big Bend, you can drive in to the town of Terlingua. There are a few restaurants in Terlingua, but not much open for breakfast. La Posada Milagro is open and has good TexMex breakfast food. The dining is all covered patio outside, which… Read More Ghost Town
I have been planning another trip to Big Bend National Park as there are photographic ideas that I want to try and hiking trails that I haven’t been on yet. So last weekend my oldest daughter and I went and camped a couple of nights and I tried to get some of these things done.… Read More The Balanced Rock
Jason Frels 