I had to cut my time in Mexico short….all for the nerve of a tooth. The nerve that was causing me pain, as well as the lack of nerve that kept me from having it fixed in Mexico. Nothing ventured, nothing gained, Continue reading
Off and on for the past several years, some faction of my family has made a trek to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico to celebrate the holiday season. This year, my brother Don and I planned to start the new year right by spending the month of January across the border in our “home away from home.” Eager to outrun the dropping mercury, Continue reading
Cedar Hill State Park Campground Host
Its tough to know when the end of the RVing season arrives here in Texas. We had 27 degree lows last week, blanketed in between two 70 degree weekends. I guess I can’t complain since the cycle is not reversed by freezing temps falling during my days off!
With forcasted lows in the 20’s, it is time to start thinking about “winterizing” my still-yet-to-be-named motorhome. Continue reading
After driving home from Lake Bob Sandlin, unhooking successfully, then running the RV all around town getting weighed, inspected, and a set of new tags attached, I decided I was ready for my first “maiden solo voyage.” Continue reading
My brother, Don, drove out with me on Saturday to pick up my “new baby” so he could drive my Honda CRV back home. It seemed a waste of a perfectly good weekend to drive straight home from Arkansas, so instead, we decided to overnight in Lake Bob Sandlin State Park. Continue reading
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
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!