Author: keely

  • Western Wilderness

    We are finally home from a wild road trip out West, and still processing it all. I want to share with people some of our experiences, but it is going to take a bit of time to work through the details. Here is a simple summary of the trip details, though: Miles Covered: 6602 Caches…

  • CRNT #6: Fledgling Season

    It was another day on the Cinco Ranch Nature Trail, trying to get some exercise for myself and the dogs.  My mission for the day was to check on a geocache I had hidden out there on one of my recent forays, since the last seeker was unable to find it. After checking on it,…

  • Spring Creek Nature Center: National Get Outdoors Day Bust

    So, there were some things we didn’t think about when we planned our activities for National Get Outdoors Day.  Like, the recent rains…and the consequences of that.  I dressed for biking, but I wasn’t so much dressed for hiking, especially in THAT.  That, above, is the trail we were going to take into the forest…

  • Galveston State Park

    For the second year in a row, we went down to Galveston to celebrate my youngest’s birthday at the end of May.  Yes, the seaweed was still bad.  This year, cold weather in early spring led to a bombardment of Sargassum seaweed on Galveston’s shores (as well as several other coastal towns).  This seaweed comes from…