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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
