River of Lights Our Stay in San Antonio, TX 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 […]
Hardberger Park San Antonio, TX Our Stay in San Antonio, TX 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
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Thanksgiving 2022 Our Stay in San Antonio, TX 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 feeling blessed and grateful for my friends who invited us to their home to celebrate
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The River Walk Our Stay in San Antonio, TX 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
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Driving to San Antonio, TX Our Stay in San Antonio, TX 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
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Saying Goodbye to Sioux Falls! South Dakota January 2022 Saying Goodbye! On Saturday, January 15th, 2022, we left Sioux Falls and South Dakota behind us. The cute Airbnb we stayed in last week was undoubtedly one of the better Airbnbs we have rented. We loved our week in Sioux Falls, SD, and managed to walk
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Our Stay in Medanales, NM New Mexico June 2021 A Warm Medanales Welcome June 16, 2021 ~ 325 mi ~ 6 hrs We had a smooth six-hour drive through the New Mexico desert, following the Rio Grande north. When we arrived at our new destination, a working farm in Medanales, we were all warmly welcomed
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Stepping Back in Time in Old Town Albuquerque New Mexico June 2021 Exploring Albuquerque’s Historic Heart After exploring the historic volcanic trails of the Petroglyph National Monument, we headed into the historic heart of the city, Old Town Albuquerque. The ten-block historic district, founded in 1706, preserves centuries of Spanish colonial history with classic adobe
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Petroglyph NM, Albuquerque’s Ancient Canvas New Mexico June 2021 Exploring Albuquerque’s Ancient Canvas We were on our way early to visit the Petroglyph National Monument in Albuquerque, NM. This monument protects one of the largest petroglyph sites in North America, preserving designs chipped into the dark “desert varnish” of volcanic rocks by Ancestral Puebloans and
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The Continuous Ridges of the Great Sand Dunes New Mexico June 2021 The Great Sand Dunes Illusion While driving toward the Great Sand Dunes National Park, we saw the dunes appearing at the foot of the majestic Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Because these mountain peaks are over 13,000 feet high, we doubted that these dunes
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