-
W.G. Jones: Sweetleaf Nature Trail
We’ve had quite a few walks in the woods this year, but all seemed to have a sub-text to them. We’re walking in the woods with a group from Hike It Baby, or like the weekend before, with a Meet Up group composed of people with similar interests. We were there to walk, but also…
-
Bastrop State Park: Hike It Baby: Thoughts on Hiking
Last weekend, we went camping with the Hike It Baby group at Bastrop State Park. The focused activity of the day was a planned mid-morning hike along the Red Trail (with a later connection to the Purple and Orange Trails, I…
-
Big Creek Scenic Area
There’s a quiet place along an old dirt road, not far from the cities of Conroe or Cleveland, where a small parking lot off Forest Road 217 provides access to a great big forest. In this forest, there is a trail that runs for 140 miles, making it the longest continuous hiking trail in Texas (see…
-
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…