The Art of the Road Trip
I took a mini-road trip last weekend, able to head out early morning and make it back for a late lunch. I drove out to Ennis, only about 30-45 minutes away from downtown Dallas, to see the bluebonnets...
View ArticleVacation: When the Weather Doesn’t Cooperate
This was my second attempt in as many years to spend Memorial Day weekend in San Antonio. Last year the weekend called rain and since I had booked a room with a free cancellation policy, I cancelled...
View ArticleBats Under Austin’s Congress Avenue Bridge Remain Elusive…to Me
I’m a believer of third time’s the charm. It’s seemed to work out well for me, and part of that may even just be the power of positive thinking. So I was hopeful that this past weekend when I went to...
View ArticleFive Things to do in San Antonio
Or more specifically, five things to do in one day in San Antonio. My planned trip was cut short due to the weather, but there was still plenty to do. And as I explained, there was still also just the...
View ArticleOne Day in Houston
Last weekend I hit the road to spend the weekend in Houston. Although since I drove down after work on Friday, and came home early Sunday, the goal was really to have one full but chill day in Houston....
View ArticlePlanning for a Close-to-Home Vacation
The other weekend I took a road trip to Houston, a city I haven’t really explored (I’ve been to the Houston area only twice before and both times stayed in the suburbs visiting friends). Since it’s...
View Article2016: A Look Back
In my Thanksgiving post, I already commented that it’s been a year. But…but from a personal standpoint, 2016 was a pretty decent year for me. I picked back up with my travel and visited new cities...
View ArticleMcKinney Falls State Park
At the risk of speaking too soon, it’s been a fantastically warm winter. Yes, there have been a few cold days, a few cold weekends calling for hot chocolate and warm blankets, but then there have been...
View ArticleFinally Seeing Austin’s Congress Avenue Bridge Bat Colony
So it finally happened. In July I got to see the emergence of thousands of bats – up to a million or more – creating their own clouds as they streamed out over the river and on into the Texas sunset....
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