My absolute favorite thing to do in Acadia National Park is hike the over 150 miles of hiking trails. There are so many choices!
Typical intersection of multiple hiking trails
A Four-Summit Day
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Ode to a Crustacean
- A 2.75 lb Hard Shell Delight!
Did you ever give any thought to your “death row meal?” What would you request as your “special meal” on your last day just prior to execution? Continue reading
Great to be back “home” again!
View from “Great Head” hiking trail
In as much as San Miguel de Allende in Mexico feels like my “home away from home,” it has mostly been a winter destination for me, celebrating Thanksgiving or New Years with family there in years past. But as for a favorite summer destination, Acadia National Park could certainly qualify as “my summer home.” Continue reading
That Sunday That Summer…
What kind of freak climate collision brought 68 degree lows to Texas in mid-August? Who cares, I’m going CAMPING!
I recognized about mid-week that the upcoming cooling trend was a rare gift in the midst of Texas summer heat, offering a small window of opportunity to get my long overdue outdoor “fix.” Continue reading
When Texas Turns Blue…
I always said “Texas has but two seasons; green and brown.” It would appear that I overlooked one —BLUE!
Field of bluebonnets near Ennis, TX
Wildflower Season in Texas
The delicate fragrance is glorious!The bluebonnets are early this year…very prolific. A local Ennis resident said she had only seen them this thick maybe three times in the last 23 years she had lived there. The field across from her front lawn looked like a solid blue carpet of flowers….
Somehow, I didn’t remember bluebonnets being so fragrant, but the aroma was wafting through the air so heavily that you could smell the perfume from the car with the windows rolled down. Standing in the field of flowers reminded me of Dorothy in the “Wizard of Oz” skipping through the poppy fields.
Bluebonnets tickle my fancy!
I believe that there is a subtle magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield to it, will direct us aright. ~Henry David Thoreau
Thanks to the Ennis Garden Club for the excellent trail markers!
Hope for the New Year
Hope, Arkansas Train Station
My New Year celebration now behind me, I took to the highway headed back to Texas, opting for as much two-lane as I could cover before sundown. Continue reading
Taking of the Waters
Entrance to Hot Springs National Park
Traveling to Arkansas over the New Year holiday afforded me three milestones – visiting a state I had never been to before, seeing the Clinton Presidential Center, and crossing off another one of our great National Parks! After a couple of days enjoying downtown Little Rock, I made the hour drive toward Hot Springs. Continue reading
Billgrimage
Harriet Tubman Statue leads to Clinton Presidential Center
Those who know me, know that I am a not-so-closet Bill Clinton fan. In fact I stop just short of an “I MISS BILL” bumper sticker on my car and stalking him through the back alleys of earthquake-stricken Haiti. So when I ended up with a few extra days off at the end of 2011, I figured it was the perfect time to make my long anticipated “Billgrimage” to the Clinton Presidential Center. Continue reading
Head ’em up, move ’em out!
Fuel stop along Interstate 20
I went from a three bedroom home packed full of 25 years worth of “stuff” down to a 6′ x 9′ pallete of goods in less than 30 days. I got by with a little help from my friends — Craig’s List, ebay, a garage sale, Good Will, and Atlanta Step-up, a local charity that helps homeless families get back on their feet again. Continue reading
“Imagine no possessions….”
