“It is a heaven or a hell, a land of serene beauty or barren ugliness, a place of soothing solitude or haunting loneliness…The Big Bend allows no winners; there are only survivors.” -Kenneth Baxter Ragsdale, noted Big Bend Historian Big Bend Ranch State Park, Texas At over 300,000 acres, Big Bend Ranch State Park is […]
What the heck?!?! What type of livestock are they peddling out here?!?! I can assure you that we didn’t see anything untoward in the brochure?!?! Yet, as we turned off Highway 118 and entered the historical Prude Guest Ranch to set up camp for the upcoming week, we were accosted by a myriad of flapping
“Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.” -John Muir, American naturalist, author, environmental philosopher, botanist, zoologist, glaciologist, and early advocate for the preservation of wilderness in the United States. Looming sentinel above the surrounding Chihuahuan Desert is the Guadalupe Mountains National Park in west Texas, just
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“It’s just the Grand Canyon with a roof on it” …….”It’s got all the cathedrals of the world in it, with half of ’em hanging upside down” -Will Rogers As nature lovers, Carlsbad Caverns was high on our list to see. Planning ahead is a must, because we waited too long to attempt to make
“To boldly go where no man has gone before” Captain James T. Kirk Roswell, New Mexico “Alien Invasions” What can we say about this location, other than “THERE IS EVIDENCE OF ALIEN INVASIONS”! Stopping at the Roswell Visitor Center first was a great way to plan our attack, and not surprisingly, you can have a
One could literally spend a month or more in Victoria alone! The city, sights and history draw you in, imploring you to explore. Of course, a huge draw itself is the Inner Harbour, lorded over by the historic architecture of the Fairmont Empress Luxury Hotel and the British Columbia Parliament Buildings. Happily the timeframe for
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