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
I went hiking out at the wildlife refuge and I wasn’t expecting much besides a nice hike. It’s too early in the year for the long grasses to take on their golden color which looks so nice in the afternoon sun and I figured that the wildflowers had all come and gone. So, to keep… Read More Unexpected Wildflowers
It was my last afternoon in Yellowknife and it was cloudy, misty, and wet outside. I was thinking: “When I am ever going to be Yellowknife again? I need to get out and do something.” I found the Prelude Lake Natural Trail on the map and it was not too far away, promised a nice… Read More Slippery Hike at Prelude Lake
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
I reserved a day-pass for Colorado Bend State Park for Sunday morning and planned to get out there early before it got too hot. For some reason I was wide awake by 4:30AM on Sunday morning, and decided that I might as well get an early start as it is an hour and half’s drive… Read More Wildlife Hike
I went on another summer afternoon hike at my favorite wildlife refuge, I didn’t have a particular plan other than to shoot some photos even if they weren’t good. The wildlife refuge is very dry this time of year, the wildflowers are gone, the creek isn’t flowing, and there are few people out there. I… Read More Silhouette or No Silhouette?
Saturday evening, August 12, there was a night sky event at Lost Maple State Natural Area west of San Antonio. Lost Maples is a rather remote park and thus has little light pollution at night and is a wonderful place to view the night sky. And, there was much to enjoy in the night sky… Read More Night Sky at Lost Maples State Natural Area
