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
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
As you might have read in my previous blog post, I went on a trip with my daughter to see the northern lights near Yellowknife Canada. I booked a 4 night stay in Yellowknife that would give us the opportunity to see the aurora on Sunday night through Wednesday night as I had no idea… Read More Aurora
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
Sunday afternoon was the last official Sunday afternoon of summer and it was really nice for a change. The edge finally came off the heat about a week before and the high temp was only in the mid 90s F. When the weather starts “cooling down” like this, I start wanting to get out of… Read More Late Summer Sunset
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