Big Bend National Park – Day 2 November 2022 Visiting Big Bend National Park On our second day in Big Bend National Park, we drove the Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive and hiked a few trails. We started at the end, at the Santa Elena Canyon, where the Rio Grande borders Mexico. While walking the Santa …
Arriving in Terlingua November 2022 What an unexpected adventure! We arrived at our new location on time, although with a few hurdles. Imagine being in the middle of nowhere without a working GPX or mobile. We needed help finding the road we had to enter so asking another driver, we were told we were just …
Big Bend National Park – Day 1 November 2022 Visiting Big Bend National Park On our way driving to Terlingua, TX, we entered Big Bend National Park at Persimmon Gap in the Santiago Mountains. The park’s oldest rocks can be found here. This area is geologically fascinating and unique. Large mountains eroded and became gentle …
River of Lights November 2022 . The River of Lights While we lived in San Antonio, we neither saw the annual Ford Holiday River Parade, a parade with illuminated floats nor visited the River Walk with the light-decorated trees during the holiday season. The floats and the lights were well worth the visit; they certainly …
Hardberger ParkSan Antonio, TX November 2022 . Back to our Hardberger Park and Salado Creek Greenway! When we lived at Vista del Prado, this was our to-go park and trail when we wanted to walk or run, starting from home. Hardberger Park got its beautiful wildlife crossing, the Robert L.B. Tobin land bridge! Now all …
Thanksgiving 2022 “May all the good things of life be yours, not only at Thanksgiving but throughout the coming year.” Happy Thanksgiving! . Early River Walk, to Brackenridge Park It was a small, mystical world near Brackenridge Park in San Antonio. Nevertheless, the fog did reveal treasures like this enormous spider’s web. Thanksgiving I was …
The River Walk November 2022 . Walking along The San Antonio River Again! We stayed in Tobin Hill, one of San Antonio’s oldest urban neighborhoods, about half a mile from the Pearl Historic District and the Paseo del Rio, also known as the River Walk. This has been and is my favorite spot in San …
Driving to San Antonio, TX November 2022 . Back Again in San Antonio After a perfect drive without any delays, we arrived early in San Antonio, TX. After almost five years, we are back in the town we lived for four years, from 2014 to 2018. After unloading the car and settling in, we walked …
