Blogs from Texas, United States, North America - page 16

We got a late start this morning. We were up at 6:30 AM, but decided to spend some time making changes to our trip itinerary. We decided to spend more time in New Mexico and then head for Colorado. Our good friends Bob and Gloria offered us their lodge in Winter Park, and having been there twice already, we jumped at the chance to go there again. It is such a wonderful place in a wonderful town. So…after making new reservations and cancelling others, we were off at 9:30 AM and 87 degrees, heading west through Hill Country toward western Texas. The drive today was eclectic. It began through flat lands over roadways bleached white by the southern sun and adorned beautifully with leafy green trees. And on a day when the sky is mostly blue ... read more

Well, we made it through the storm zone. When we left the hotel this morning at 7 AM and 81 degrees, the air was as thick as it often is, when a huge storm is brewing off the coast. The skies were brimming with black billowy rain clouds and the humidity was just hanging in the air like a wet blanket. We were under the outer bands of a storm and it was a familiar feeling, having been through more than our share of hurricanes over the past 20 years. We drove through a number of rain bands on our trip across Alabama and Mississippi and into Louisiana, but by the time we got to Lafayette, the skies began to clear and the rest of the day was partly sunny. The gamble paid off and we ... read more

After an excellent flight on AirNZ 28 straight to Houston we were assailed by very, very warm temperatures, such that you duck from air conditioned building to car to building again, spending as little time as possible actually outside. The reason for staying a couple of nights here was to visit the private Menil Art Collection. Unfortunately a couple of things we went to see such as the Rothko Chapel, the Dan Flavin building and the Contemporary Gallery were closed. However the building complex alone, including the Cy Twombly Gallery, was well worth it. Set in an outlying suburb covering a number of blocks, the manicured and we’ll watered lawns contrasted with the stark white low modernist buildings. Covered walkways surround immaculate gardens. The inward sloping roofs ensure that rain is directed onto the gardens. A ... read more

Last year I visited some old abandoned historic buildings including the Mary Allen Seminary that operated from 1886-1972 in Crockett, Texas. This school was founded in 1886 by Reverend Richard Allen and his wife Mary Allen as the only school in Texas open to freed Afro-American women. The school was administered and taught by white women from a local Presbyterian Church. Unfortunately Mary Allen passed away in 1887; but they named the school after her. In 1924 The Texas school board appointed the first Afro-American administrator, Reverend Burt Smith, who made many important changes to the Mary Allen Seminary including: changing to an all Afro-American faculty, admitting Afro-American men, and changing the curriculum to include the sciences and providing needed vocational training like dressmaking, cooking, and other needed skills for the students to make it in ... read more

Hello Everyone We have been here at Marble Falls resort for 3 nights,it’s a beautiful,newly built Building. Marble Falls is a City in Burnet County,Texas. Marble falls made history in 1917,electing Ophelia Crosby as Mayor,3 yrs before women were allowed to vote. Last night we saw the sun set at a local outlook. We have all been relaxing,swimming and sleeping and eating of course,I love it here as I can swim all day !!!!!! Tommorrow we move off to Afton in Oklahoma and its a long drive Love to you all.... read more