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Dorba trail

Sun 22-Jan-2023 Texas, Travel |

Another 3-mile hike on hard packed clay through mostly cedar (Ashe Junioer).  The difference today was that bikes are permitted and in general there are lots of hikers... more

Duck pond

Sat 21-Jan-2023 Texas, Travel |

The morning dawned gray  and cold which gave us plenty of time to read and listen to podcasts. After it warmed up a bit (57) and the sun came out, we went for a hike —... more

Arkadelphia to Dallas

Fri 20-Jan-2023 Texas, Travel |

It was a pleasant drive from Arkadelphia to Dallas.  Mostly flat, some pine.  Lots of healthy looking cattle.  We landed at Cedar Hill SP(site 288 in the Coyote... more

Palo Duro State Park

Wed 14-Mar-2018 New Mexico, Texas, Travel |

Our goal today was to spend the afternoon at Pablo Duro Canyon State Park south of Abilene TX. The canyon is reported to be the second largest in the US and a favorite... more

El Paso TX to Benson AZ

Mon 5-Feb-2018 Arizona, Texas, Travel |

We turned a four hour drive into one nearly twice as long. Rather than take I-10 from El Paso to Benson we chose to follow Route 9 and then 80 through New Mexico and... more

El Paso

Sun 4-Feb-2018 Texas, Travel |

We moved to El Paso to do a little housekeeping — laundry at the Supreme laundromat and shopping for Super Bowl snacks at the Vista Central Market. Finally we have warm... more

Smith Spring Trail

Fri 2-Feb-2018 Texas, Travel |

It was really cold this morning — 27-degrees — so we were a bit slow to get started on a hike. Around eleven we headed to the Frijoles Ranch and took the Smith Springs... more

Devil’s Hall Trail

Thu 1-Feb-2018 Texas, Travel |

We enjoyed our hike along the Devil’s Hall Trail, but found it to be more challenging than the “Easy” rating in our guide book. After leaving the RV campground, the... more

Lunar Eclipse

Wed 31-Jan-2018 Texas, Travel |

We spent the night in the Marfa Lights viewing area so that we could watch the lunar eclipse of the super-red-blue moon. We also looked for the “Marfa Lights” but saw... more