State of Wilderness

Month: March 2012

  • Bluebonnets and Washington-on-the-Brazos State Park

    My best friend and I were looking for a place to take the kids last Sunday where we could all enjoy the outdoors and also find some wildflowers off the beaten path to take the obligatory kids-in-bluebonnets pictures that it seems like everyone who calls themselves a Texan has to take at some point. I…

  • Country Roads and New Friends

    Sometimes I have read that all you need for geocaching is a sense of adventure.  I always found that kind of interesting because I thought everyone HAD one of those.  Turns out, not so much. A love of nature and appreciation of the outdoors is also not as common as I would have thought. That’s…

  • Ray Roberts State Park – Isle Du Bois Unit

    It was a wild wet weather weekend. Yet, there we were, tent camping in the midst of all that.  Because we’re nature freaks. No, really, it was because it was a weekend we could not miss, being the first Mega Event (a geocaching event drawing more than 500 particpants) in Texas since GeoWoodstock IV back…

  • Country Drive: Fulshear to Bellville and Back Again

    WIldflowers are starting to come out, the weather is fabulous in Texas, and these two things inspire us to get out and explore.  Armed with cameras, binoculars, and the GPS, we set out this Sunday morning to celebrate God’s glory in what J calls his church – Nature. We are having a coffee issue at…