Exploring the Places No One is Talking About
For a belated Valentine’s Day we decided to rent a Getaway cabin for a quiet weekend. This cabin outpost is about an hour and a half outside of Dallas, without traffic. With traffic, well, drive through Dallas at your own risk. Once out of the city the drive is pretty and open with pastures and
In January we visited Cedar Hill Stare Park for a morning of much needed hiking. This is a state park just south of Dallas, Texas on the shore of Joe Pool Lake. For adults the entrance fee is $7 for day use. Children 12 and under are free. The park was not particularly busy the
I haven’t posted as many book review in a while, despite the large to-read stack that I walk past everyday. This is for a couple of reasons: I keep picking up new books and setting them down again, unfinished. This is getting better, even if it is a slow process. I’ve turned to rereading well
There is a lot of stuff going on right now but I have some fun posts planned . While I work on new places to visit and things to see and gear reviews, enjoy the Bear running in the snow during the Texas Snow Storm of 2022. No, it was not as epic as the
I meant to share these photos months ago but the holidays got in the way. Bear and I had a free afternoon and we went for an adventure in Trinity Park in Fort Worth with the camera. Bear was a good boy and was happy to indulge my artistic side for a bit. Trinity Park
Over the summer my husband reviewed the Canon R5 that we upgraded to. My only request was for a macro-lens to go with it. I really love close up photography, maybe I am just channeling some Georgia O’Keeffe vibes. I really got the chance to test out this lens in Nebraska over the summer Previous
This trip was too short but we did get to spend time with friends and family. On top of that I got to cross another state off my list! This is not a state I expected to be able to check off so soon, partly due to the distance. Nebraska was a lot of corn
While visiting Keltin’s brother on our way home we stopped for some local beer at Kinkaider Brewing. This is a great brewery that was started in Omaha, NE. We visited the Grand Island location. The food was just as good as the beer. Our Beer Flight: Devil’s Gap Jalapeno Ale (ABV 4.7%) – I’m not
As mentioned in my Thedford post, the Nebraska National Forest is just a short drive out of town. The forest is located between Halsey and Thedford. I took the trail from Scott Lookout Tower. This is a fire lookout tower, visitors cannot go into the lookout room at the top but you can climb up
Thedford is the county seat of Thomas County, Nebraska. This town is in the middle of rolling sand hills. This is ranch country as the sand hills cannot be farmed. This is a community of ranchers. The town is small, technically it is defined as a village, but there are people that live all around.
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