State of Wilderness

Month: September 2011

  • W.G Jones Forest: “An Urban Wilderness”

    Today we went hiking at W.G. Jones Forest Recreation Area.  This park is located off 1488, just east of I-45, north of the The Woodlands, Texas.  It offers 1722 acres of multi-use trails for hiking, biking, or horseback riding. Today we were on foot, with our GPS in hand, looking for geocaches.  In the past…

  • HILL COUNTRY HEAVEN Part 3

    After the high terrain hike we took in Garner State Park, the dogs and Jason were all wore out.  I wanted to go find one of the great swimming holes of the Frio River, but the river was just about dry this year due to the drought and they were just too tired.  We headed…