Category Archives: travel
Winter Break 2013 Trip, Day 4: Art in San Antonio
December 29, 2013 We spent most of the fourth day of our Texas trip at San Antonio art museums. But first, having discovered a day earlier that our hotel’s breakfast bar was not appealing, we snacked in our room and … Continue reading
Winter Break Trip 2013, Day 3: San José Mission & River Walk
December 28, 2013 This day was spent in downtown San Antonio with a visit to the Mission San José, (aka the Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo) and a circumnavigation of and dinner along the Paseo del Rio, the … Continue reading
Winter Break Trip 2013, Day 2: Pedernales Falls
December 27, 2013 Thirty miles west of downtown Austin the Pedernales River cuts through the hill country, dropping 50 feet over a distance of 3,000 feet, forming a series of cascades across a tilted layer of 300-million-year-old Marble Falls Limestone. … Continue reading
Winter Break Trip 2013, Day 1: The Cliffs of Waco
December 26, 2013 Last week Wendy and I drove south through foggy and snowy fields and past the fog-shrouded skyscrapers in downtown Tulsa to spend Christmas with my folks in Oklahoma City. The next day we drove farther south, intending … Continue reading
Black Friday in Charon’s Garden
November 29, 2013 Wendy and I spent Thanksgiving Day with my parents in Oklahoma City, with a sunset walk at Lake Overholser. We spent Black Friday hiking in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, preferring that over braving the throngs of … Continue reading
