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The City Park on Steroids, Garey Park, Georgetown, Williamson County Texas
This city park may be one of the largest city parks in Central Texas. At 525 acres it is huge! Garey Park has 7 miles of trails over two hills and river frontage on the South San Gabriel River. How did a small town get a park this large? Well enter the Gareys. Jack and…
Vicksburg National Military Park, Vicksburg Mississippi
At last, I am here, I am so excited. I’ve wanted to see this for years! Maybe you don’t like history or maybe the Civil War doesn’t excite you as it does me, Vicksburg National Military Park is still something you need to see. This massive battlefield has 1325 historic markers and monuments, 2 antebellum…
Vicksburg, Mississippi
Vicksburg Mississippi! This one has been on my bucket list for years. Being a Civil War buff, I have read multiple books on this important battle and many of the people who were involved. Vicksburg still calls itself the “key to the south”. As long as Vicksburg stood the Union could not use the southern…
Natchez Trace Parkway, Mississippi
Our road to Vicksburg Mississippi ran partially along the Nachez Trace Parkway. The Natchez Trace Parkway runs along the original Natchez Trace an early trading route between Nashville Tennessee and Natchez Mississippi. We are going to see just a mere thirty miles or so. But we got to visit a couple interesting sites along the…
“The City too Pretty to Burn”, Natchez Mississippi.
Natchez Mississippi. This place made it onto our bucket list when we moved to Texas. Well, sort of. We passed through nearby Vicksburg and that’s where we really wanted to go but when researching the area, I found out that Natchez was the motherlode of antebellum mansions. So here we are on our yearly fall…
A Day in the Pines- Buescher State Park, Smithville, Bastrop County, Texas
Buescher (pronounced Bisher) State Park is the little sibling of Bastrop State Park. In fact, State Park Road 1C connects the parks which are only about 4 miles apart. The three things they have in common; sandy trails for the most part although they are still in the hill country, Pine Trees; lots of them,…
It’s Wildflower Season!
Still sitting at home recovering from surgery, but at my two-week checkup the doctor did okay me to start back doing some light hiking but no strenuous up or down hills. Since it is wildflower season I decide to load up the trusty little doggy Quincy and we are going to hit some of the…
Miller Springs Nature Center, Belton/Temple, Bell County, Texas
Looking for new places to hike is time consuming. As I was wondering about my next trip, I thought of places I hadn’t been, and Belton Lake came to me. So, I searched hiking at Belton Lake and came up with Miller Springs Nature Center. Now this doesn’t sound all that great by the name…
South Padre Island, Padre Island, Cameron County, Texas
Ah, the beach momma loves ’em me not so much. But I had a good time anyway. South Padre Island is a beach community on the very southern tip of Padre Island. Padre Island is a barrier reef separated from mainland Texas by the Laguna Madre. It stretches 133 miles from the city of Corpus…
Urban Hiking-Randy Morrow Trail, North Fork Dam to Bootys Road Park, Georgetown, Williamson County Texas
Loaded up Quinn and headed out to the far end of the Randy Morrow Trail. This end is really semi urban as it passes through some sparsely populated areas near Georgetown Lake. The North Fork Dam is a rock fill dam 6947 feet in length. The crest is 894 feet above sea level. The Lake…
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