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Hike It Baby – Terry Hershey Park
Close to the time my maternity leave from work was ending, I stumbled upon this group online that seemed congruent with my current lifestyle – Hike It Baby. The Houston branch is part of a national organization dreamed up by founder Shanti Hodges of Portland, Oregon in 2013. There are branches in 100 different cities…
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CRNT #7: Cinco Ranch Nature Trail Haikus
Rabbit flat in grass Hiding, quiet, from the dogs It is safe, for now Line up on the rocks Mommy, daddy, babies too Nature’s artists, all Three herons hunting Two egrets want to join in One heron, not sharing Birds sitting in a tree Singing a sweet song of glee Longingly I…
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Lake Livingston State Park
On the Fourth, we headed about an hour and forty five minutes northeast of us to a state park that I particularly like, Lake Livingston. Lake Livingston itself is the second largest lake in Texas, being 39 miles long and 7 miles across at its widest. It covers 93,000 acres, 635.5 of which belong to…
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WG Jones: The Namesake of Our Favorite Forest
This morning, a group of intrepid geocachers hiked along the front part of the south side of the W.G. Jones State Forest Area. A total of fifteen finds were had, including five different kinds of cache hides (traditionals, letterboxes, puzzles, multis, and an event cache). Even though it was approaching 95 degrees in the Texas…