Texas's Big Canyon - part A
We spent a week exploring the various trails in Palo Duro Canyon State Park which is located in the Texas Panhandle Did you know that...
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Eisenhower State Park
As we made our way up north we spent three nights at this state park named after the 34th US President Dwight D. Eisenhower who was born...
Full-time RVing begins.....
Leaving Austin was a whirlwind of packing, sorting, getting things all wrapped up and saying goodbye to Brian & Kim as venture out for...
The last of Austin
We tried to squeeze in as much as we could in our last month in Austin soaking up lots of time with Brian & Kim. That meant biking,...
Getting some O&O time....
Jessica, Jared, Hallie and Jude came to Austin to play for a week! We walked along Lady Bird Lake, played games, explored some of our...
South Padre Island: Cold Birds
South Padre Island, Texas during the big freeze! We hadn't seen any pelicans at all after arriving which was super weird. But it was...
The Texas Freeze
Austin, Texas Things got incredibly cold around here this week as an unprecedented storm hit Texas. These pictures in Austin (around our...
Cool South Padre Island Stuff
As we drove across the bridge to get on the island I wasn't quite sure what to expect. It was January and we planned to spent a week...
Golden Hour on South Padre Island
A beautiful time on the island. This is my most favorite time of the day as the sun starts to get lower, the colors get vibrant, wildlife...
Beach driving & biking
South Padre Island, Texas A cool thing to do here is drive on the beach so we decided to rent a jeep one day to experience it. It was...
Funky birds on South Padre Island
The Black Skimmer which is a medium-sized ternlike seabird with very long wings and an outsized long bill. The lower mandible is much...
So many Island Ducks!
South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center I'm not sure which of these ducks are in this area year round and which are wintering here...
Piercing eyes and incredible colors
Cool birds I've seen in South Padre Island, Texas I'm having so much fun seeing/identifying all the incredible birds here. Here are a few...
More cool birds at the SPI
South Padre Island Birding Nature Center & Alligator Sanctuary Spent a couple of hours walking the incredible 3000+ feet of boardwalk...
All things Heron
South Padre Island, Texas I've seen so many COOL varieties here!!!! I think they are fascinating to watch and they can just turn their...
So many shorebirds!
I have been having so much fun watching and identifying various Shorebirds as we bike, walk and play along the water. Here are some of...
TX Island time
South Padre Island - a barrier island off the southern coast of Texas. Holidays are over....seemed like a good time to head even further...
An afternoon with my camera
Decided to spend a few hours, a couple of weeks ago, wandering one of my favorite parks here in the Austin area - Brushy Creek Lake Park....
Austin: It snowed!
Not sure how often this happens in Austin! It was fun to watch so many people out playing in the snow for the day it was here. Walking...
RV projects to give us more days between water stops.
In our first trip in our new-to-us RV Alison and I discovered that our waste water tanks were full after about three days. It wasn't a...
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