Conley Update

Yesterday we had the opportunity to continue our tour of Texas swimming holes. Last year I posted this list of Texas swimming holes. Last year we only hit two (Hamilton Pool and Barton Springs… but I didn’t blog Barton Springs). This year we hope to hit a lot more. Titus is a little older and […]

Sounds like the the sequel to the Gunfight at OK Corral, huh? For Christmas I got a book on hikes around Austin and this was the first hike we chose. Rimrock  Loop is part of the Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge northwest of Austin. Technically, it’s a little over 26 miles west of Cedar Park. […]

So for Christmas, I got a book I’d been hoping for. 60 Hikes within 60 Miles of San Antonio and Austin. For a sneak peak, you can read the first 30 or so pages here. If you live around here and love it, you can grab your own copy here. I really like to hike. […]

visited 34 states (68%) Create your own visited map of The United States I found this link recently on a friends blog. Sara’s been to a few states I haven’t yet been to, but we’re pretty close to each other. There’s no doubt that I want to visit all 50. You know I’m way into […]

Unfortunately, I do not have many pictures of this final part of our adventure. What was an exciting adventure up to this point morphed into a mission to be accomplished. Although the skies over Colorado Springs were fairly clear, there were dark clouds building on the peak. The summit and at least the final 500 […]

Sara, Titus and I drove in on September 14th. Between late nights and early mornings, we arrived to Colorado Springs pretty tired. As Sara crawled into bed at 10:00 PM, she wasn’t feeling very good at all. I finally got into bed by 11:00 PM, not quite early enough for getting up at 4:00 AM. […]