Chasing the blue dot to find adventure…
If you've been following us for a while, you know we love a good county courthouse. Since we're here for the next few months, we figured we should check out the Bastrop county courthouse and surrounding buildings. The county courthouse building There's a lot more information here, but the Bastrop County Courthouse is a three-story, … Continue reading Texas: Bastrop county courthouse and historic county jail
On Monday, March 21, we received warning that severe weather was heading for the Austin area. We let our employers know that at any time, we may have to shut down without any notice, but we weren't worried. Tornado watch At 3 p.m., we received a tornado watch. As I've heard before, a "watch" means … Continue reading Texas: Severe weather and tornado outbreak
Since we moved to outside the Austin area, we are visiting all the state parks. Today, we visited Bastrop State Park, which is home to the "Lost Pines" and 32 miles east of Austin. Wildfire and flood damage Major events damaged Bastrop State Park in recent years. The Bastrop Complex Wildfire in 2011 affected 96 … Continue reading Texas: Scenic overlook at Bastrop State Park
We knew it was coming, but it still came as a shock. Cleo crossed over to the rainbow bridge on Wednesday, 2/16/2022 - joining both Murphy and Willow. It's excruciating to lose a family member, whether it is animal or human. Cleo was definitely a part of our family. We picked up Cleo from the … Continue reading Texas: Another RV family member passes
That's right. We went to Padre Island National Seashore again. As we finish up our time here in the area for the winter, we're looking at our list of places to see. This is one of the places that just begs to be visited more than once. Birds In my previous post , I focused … Continue reading Texas: More time at the seashore
We've let weather get to us getting out after work, so we packed up our gear and headed on Tuesday after work. We headed to a location I had scouted earlier this week, the north end of the Copano Causeway. There's an old fishing pier that makes a great viewpoint for sunset. Photos … Continue reading Texas: Sunset in Rockport
While we were at Padre Island National Seashore, I did some short video segments of the waves crashing against the beach. After reviewing the video, I put together a short and simple one minute video. https://vimeo.com/666317513
It has been too long since I posted, but we have started the new year by heading to Padre Island National Seashore. Padre Island National Seashore separates the Gulf of Mexico from the Laguna Madre, one of a few hypersaline lagoons in the world. The park protects 66 miles of coastline, dunes, prairies, and wind … Continue reading Texas: Visiting Padre Island National Seashore
After leaving Amarillo, we stopped in Big Spring for the night, then stayed for a week in Kerrville, just outside of San Antonio. It was nice to have a more leisurely drive down to Rockport. Dutch Bros in San Antonio Fortunately for me, the first Dutch Bros in San Antonio opened up the week we … Continue reading Texas: Winter Texans in Rockport
