State of Wilderness

Month: August 2015

  • All the Roads

    It started with a dinner, Valentine’s Day, over five years ago now.  That was our first meal together, as friends, “not a date”, we both insisted, as my divorce wasn’t quite final. We sat across from each other at Johnny Carino’s way out on the east side of Houston, after hanging out watching a dog agility…

  • Seven Meadows Duck Pond Walk

    Seven Meadows Duck Pond Walk

    We have a way we like to walk, especially on days when we have a little more time.  Weekend mornings, some late evenings, catching sunsets or the morning dew as we go.  Sometimes my middle son is along, and we have the chitter chatter of sharing observations.  Sometimes it is just me and the dogs, with…

  • Proxy Falls: Three Sisters Wilderness

    Proxy Falls: Three Sisters Wilderness

    Lao Tzu is credited with saying that “the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step”.  In this day and age, we might change that last word to “click”.  Most of us make our arrangements for journeys, or get ideas on where to go and what to do over the internet. Proxy Falls was…