State of Wilderness

Author: keely

  • McKinney Falls State Park, Last Month

    McKinney Falls State Park, Last Month

    Last month, we explored a state park we hadn’t been to yet, as part of my ambitious camping plan I planned out last fall.  The older boys opted to spend the weekend at Grandma’s house.  Somehow this was preferable to spending the weekend in close quarters with us, which might be a sign that we have…

  • March for Science – Houston

    March for Science – Houston

    My ten year old son stands in the right hand corner of this photo, trying to hold our signs up while I take the photo.  By this time, he is hot, tired and ready to go.  He wasn’t interested in finding a place to sit or stand to listen to the pro-science speeches after the…

  • Estero Llano State Park, in Photos

    *not pictured:  the Common Pauraque that we only observed from the ranger’s scope, nor the Golden Fronted Woodpeckers that were often seen, some even from just outside our hotel, and many others

  • Bentsen – Rio Grande Valley State Park: Dude, Chill

    Bentsen – Rio Grande Valley State Park: Dude, Chill

    It’s a crisp Saturday morning in the Rio Grande Valley.  The air has that just-after-a-rain feeling, when the clouds had finally burst and released the humidity and all the plants look freshly washed.  A cool, refreshing breeze is blowing over us, assisted by the forward momentum of the electric tram. We are in Bentsen-Rio Grande…