We had a lot of rain last week and so this weekend I decided to go to Colorado Bend State Park and hike the waterfall trails. There are two waterfall areas on opposite ends of the park from each other and they are both spring fed. This part of Texas is underpinned by many caverns… Read More Waterfall Trails
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
For each of my daughters’ graduation presents, I took them on a trip. With my oldest daughter, we went to Yellowstone National Park in 2019. My youngest daughter graduated in 2021 and we didn’t plan a trip because of pandemic concerns and because I was in the process of selling my house and buying another,… Read More Going Way Up North
On August 2 central Texas got a normal August’s rainfall in one afternoon. We are having a very mild and wet summer for which I am very grateful and I took the opportunity to head down to Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge to check out the creek which has many small waterfalls. I was counting… Read More Waterfalls and ND Filters
While some parts are having record heat waves, we seem to be off to a very rainy summer here. Mind you, I’m not complaining about the rain as my yard looks like a country club golf course right now. It was a stormy Monday afternoon and I went to Inks Lake. I was kind of… Read More Storm Clouds and the Lake
Father’s Day was nice and I scheduled the afternoon to go hiking at Colorado Bend State Park. Colorado Bend is quite a drive from Austin, so tends to be less crowded than the areas closer to the city. There is little to no cell service out there, which is an added benefit, and there are… Read More A Hike Down to Gorman Falls
Usually, the easiest way to make a long exposure with daytime light is to attach an ND filter to the front of your lens. The ND filter blocks a specific amount of light and you have to increase the amount of time the shutter is open to get the same exposure as you would without… Read More Long Exposure With No Filter
I made reservations to go hike with the kids at Colorado Bend State Park several days ago, but as luck would have it Wednesday turned out to be a cold rainy day. The kids did not have any interest in going out and hiking in the rain, but I really wanted to get out of… Read More Photography in the Rain
Sunday afternoon I hiked the river trail at Colorado Bend State Park and then on to Gorman Falls. From the parking lot in the main camping area this hike is about 3.8 miles to Gorman Falls, for a total of 7.6 miles round-trip hike. Below is the trails map from the state park on which… Read More A Hike to Gorman Falls
I have been waiting for a decent day to go back out to Inks Lake and try shooting the little waterfall. There is a stream that travels over a lot of rocks getting down to the lake. When it hasn’t rained for a while, it can get down to a trickle, but we have had… Read More Sunday Afternoon at Inks Lake
Jason Frels 