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
Friday I had the day off and for some reason I asked Bing chat what I should do with my day off. One of its suggestions was Hamilton Pool Preserve west of Austin. I had always intended to go to this place, but for some reason I hadn’t made it out there in the last… Read More Hamilton Pool
One of the lesser traveled trails at Colorado Bend State Park is the Tinaja trail. This rocky trail takes you up and down canyons in the middle of the park to a tinaja. A tinaja, taken from the Spanish word for clay jar, is a bowl-like depression in the rock generally formed by erosion from… Read More Algae Patterns in a Tinaja
Just a sunset photo or two. There were high clouds Monday, so I went out to the (Balcones Canyonlands) wildlife refuge to shoot from a spot I hadn’t tried. My idea was to get as much of the hiking trail in the landscape as possible as well as some short trees or shrubs that were… Read More A Hike and a Sunset
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
As I mentioned previously, I took some time off to go hiking at some state parks in south Texas. I did this in November for the milder weather as some of these parks are too brutal for me in the summer months. I had visions of beautiful, mild partly cloudy days hiking along the ridges… Read More A Rainy Climb at Garner State Park
I’ve gone on a little hiking trip to use up some PTO days before the end of the year, and to enjoy the milder weather of November. For this journey, I decided to head to South Texas and hit a few state parks that I have never visited, weather permitting. My first state park was… Read More Wildlife Near a Creek
I often go hiking with my camera at Inks Lake State Park and I enjoy the park, but I always feel like I have photographed everything out there and I won’t really be shooting anything new. But it is always nice to go out there and it was a late Sunday afternoon, so most of… Read More Autumn at Spring Creek
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