Big Bend National Park, Pt 2
Part 5 from the road trip series “The West Texas Idea” We did several good hikes in the park, including the popular Window trail in the Chisos Mountains, the trail to Boquillas Canyon along...
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Part 9 from the road trip series “The West Texas Idea” Before my aunt told us, “Hey, you should climb Guadalupe Peak while you’re out there in West Texas,” none of us going on this road trip knew...
View ArticleCamping Observations from West Texas
The final entry from the road trip series “The West Texas Idea” I thought it would be fun to end this series of blogs on my road trip in West Texas by listing some observations about camping that...
View Article60 Hikes Within 60 Miles
For anyone reading this in the North Texas area, I would like to recommend the guidebook 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Dallas/Fort Worth, by Joanie Sanchez. I picked it up on a whim when I was browsing...
View ArticleJen’s Journey and a Challenge
My good friend Jen, who I’ve mentioned on the blog before, celebrated her 39th birthday earlier this week. She has set a goal to get into the best shape of her life this year and is training for...
View ArticleHiking in Oregon, Pt 1
My first visitor in the Northwest arrived last Saturday (if you don’t count my dad, who didn’t so much come up here to visit me as to make sure I arrived safely in the first place), and I had to drive...
View ArticleHiking in Oregon, Pt 2
(Continued from Part 1…) After leaving the Oregon coast to head back to the Tri-Cities area, our choices only continued. We decided to head back up from Cannon Beach to Astoria so that we could...
View ArticleHistory and Hiking in West Virginia
Before my niece’s spring break started last week, I made use of the first few days of my time on the east coast to drive up to Martinsburg, West Virginia, to visit some good friends. These are the same...
View ArticleSnowshoeing in Wenatchee National Forest
It had been a while since I’d taken a day off work to spend outdoors, so when my friend Laura and her parents invited me to go snowshoeing last Friday, I jumped at the chance to clear my schedule and...
View ArticleEmory Peak in the Chisos Mountains
The day after Thanksgiving in 1957, Bob and Ann piled the kids in the station wagon and drove from Sanderson, Texas, to Big Bend National Park. Sanderson to Jacksboro was too far a drive for the family...
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