Blogs from Texas, United States, North America - page 17

For years I had heard about how great San Antonio was in Texas. I had previously been to Austin for my cousin bachelor's party and had loved it, but I never went to San Antonio. I was intrigued to San Antonio and Dallas. I decided to take the trip on my own. It was my first trip by myself and the day of I was extremely nervous. I took Uber to the airport and there was a decent amount of traffic. As a side note, Uber./Lyft is the way to go in San Antonio with it being cheaper and sites closer than in Dallas. I was told that Dallas was a very spread out city, but didn't realize it until I got there. The check in at the airport was easy and I flew through security. ... read more

Nancy enticed me to travel while we’re at the cusp of spring here in Pennsylvania. She came up with the idea of wandering the US –Mexico border to check out the situation ourselves. I had Big Bend National Park in Texas on my bucket list, which is right on the border, our plan crystallized. We would fly into El Paso, the center of the immigration crisis, rent a car, and tour and hike for 5 days. Getting hotel reservations was hard. We learned that it was spring break in Texas; families were traveling. There are not a lot of hotels in the area, other than in El Paso. The economy is good in Texas, and people are spending money. As soon as we arrived in El Paso, we drove off in our 4 wheel drive GMC ... read more

blog 03-10-19 Jeep Tour Sunday morning and the first day of the time change and the jeep tour starts at 9 am requiring me to be there at 8:45, oh, the pressure! I got up at 4:30 to see if I could photograph the milky way but it was cloudy in the east. I didn't have to get up because it was an hour earlier. I'm so confused.. The tour took off on time with a family of 3 included and our trusty guide Dean. We were going on private land that adjoins the national park but as it turned out it was much dryer than the park was. No wonder they didn't include it in the bounties. It turns out that Dean is quite knowledgeable about the plants and geology and he told us so ... read more

We have been living in Sugar Land, Texas now for 5 months (since September 2018). So far our experience has just been ok. We would have to admit coming from the beautiful state of Colorado, Texas is a little hard to live up to that. We have been trying to make the best of it though. Sugar Land is a southwest suburb of Houston. Located about an hour from George Bush International airport and 45 minutes from downtown Houston. Although Sugar Land is a very nice and clean area, we struggle to find enough outdoor activities that we like to do such as hiking and exploring nature. There is a small nature preserve area within walking distance from our apartment so I venture over there from time to time to get my "nature fix" and to ... read more

We did a couple of fun hikes at the Davis Mountains SP, but if you'll allow me, I'd like to say something about walking in general. I had brought a book along with me on this trip, one I was saving just for this occasion. Called "Atlas of a Lost World" it is a discussion on what we know (and don't know) about the first people to populate the western hemisphere. It's not easy to learn these things, those long-gone explorers left little that survives the thousands of years from then to now. Mostly just a few stones and bones, it's left to us to parcel their story from the pitiful few clues they have left us. What we do know though, is that they had been here from at least 14k years ago, and maybe ... read more