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Hill Country Highways: Burn it, Durn it! Episode 3, in which we visit the caves
One does not simply walk into Longhorn Caverns. There is a locked gate. In order to get in, you have your choice to pay the $12 or so per adult for the general tour, or pay upwards of $45-70 for the Wild Cave Tour, which is about twice as long and involves going through the…
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Hill Country Highways: Burn it, Durn it! Episode 2
I was thinking about this one part of our visit to Inks Lake that, in retrospect, was the best part. The path to the Gneiss Oak cache turned into rock face at a certain point, and just followed along the lower edge of a hill. On the way back, J went all the way up…
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Hill Country Highways: Burnet, Durn it! Episode 1
Over the weekend, we headed out to Burnet, Texas for a weekend getaway. This was a trip that ended in adventure, education, and eventual disappointment. First off, I will admit that originally I was mispronouncing the name of this town. I was telling my “sisters” about the trip I had planned there, and Stevie Muree…
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Purple Martin Madness
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygQoxFMVp_E You might have seen our Facebook posts Friday about watching the Purple Martins roost in Stafford. We posted enough pictures and videos there that I don’t necessarily feel like I need to double post them here. As far as I know, the only readers of this blog are friends with us over there on…