State of Wilderness

Month: August 2013

  • Hill Country Highways, Episode 4: For the Birds

    We had a single purpose when we went to Burnet, a single purpose that had morphed into other diversions but was our sole motivation for our journey. So here it was, Sunday morning, and it was time for the main event. Only, things weren’t going well right from the start. There was an incident with…

  • Hill Country Highways: Burn it, Durn it! Episode 3, in which we visit the caves

    One does not simply walk into Longhorn Caverns. There is a locked gate. In order to get in, you have your choice to pay the $12 or so per adult for the general tour, or pay upwards of $45-70 for the Wild Cave Tour, which is about twice as long and involves going through the…

  • Hill Country Highways: Burn it, Durn it! Episode 2

    I was thinking about this one part of our visit to Inks Lake that, in retrospect, was the best part.  The path to the Gneiss Oak cache turned into rock face at a certain point, and just followed along the lower edge of a hill.  On the way back, J went all the way up…

  • Hill Country Highways: Burnet, Durn it! Episode 1

    Over the weekend, we headed out to Burnet, Texas for a weekend getaway.  This was a trip that ended in adventure, education, and eventual disappointment. First off, I will admit that originally I was mispronouncing the name of this town.  I was telling my “sisters” about the trip I had planned there, and Stevie Muree…