Chasing the blue dot to find adventure…
It was a beautiful day to be at the beach. Blue skies, puffy white, a little wind...but no haze. Bob did a timelapse of the clouds moving around Starship 24 (also known as S24) near the launchpad. Videohttps://vimeo.com/748719145 We didn't stay as long as we would have liked, but we'll be going back regularly to … Continue reading Texas: More time at Boca Chica Beach
At long last, it is time to upgrade my iPhone. I've been using an iPhone Xs Max since it was released in 2018. It still works well as a phone and as a camera, but the battery life after 4 years sucks. I've been waiting for the new Apple announcement to see just how many … Continue reading Texas: The moment has arrived…
We've been in Brownsville for almost two weeks, but today was our first time checking out Boca Chica Beach. It is actually part of the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge, the eight-mile beach at Boca Chica fronts tidal salt flats, mangrove marshes, and clay dunes called lomas. It is the southernmost beach and the … Continue reading Texas: Checking out Boca Chica Beach
With a three day weekend, we decided to do a small upgrade project: upgrading the TV mounts. What it looked like before The in between What it looks like now The strap hanging down from behind the TV allows us to unlock it from the mounted and locked position when the RV is not in … Continue reading Texas: Upgrading the RV over the holiday
Since we didn't find the fields of wildflowers we were looking for in or around Fredericksburg, we decided to hunt down roadside wildflowers. Note, all photos in this post were taken with the Jeep parked safely off the road in marked parking areas. We didn't intrude on private property or park our Jeep on dry … Continue reading Texas: Roadside wildflowers
We've been searching for fields of wildflowers, because we've only been finding patches here and there. The areas west of Austin (Fredericksburg, Burnet, Kingsland, Marble Falls, etcetera) are all supposed to be cool places to find not just bluebonnets, but gobs and gobs of wildflowers. Apparently, even though they are blooming, it's not quite "peak … Continue reading Texas: It’s all in the details (in Fredericksburg)
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
