Category: Travel Tales

Kansas: Scott Lake State Park

After visiting the Keystone Gallery we headed to Historic Scott Lake State Park. There is a day pass fee of $5 per vehicle to visit Scott Lake. Visitors can camp and hike at this state park. We particularly went to visit the El Cuartelejo site. This is the site of “the remains of the northernmost

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Analog Roadtrip

Life has me a little behind on my normally scheduled posts. That being said, I hope you enjoy these photos from small Texas and Kansas towns that my wonderful husband took on the last trip that don’t really fit anywhere else. What do you think of analog photography? Let me know in the comments! Have

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Last Breath of Winter

Spring is nearly here and so we must say goodbye to cold days and long nights. We don’t get much snow or ice where I’m from, but the days do get gray. Despite this dreariness there is beauty and long quiet days. Stop for a moment and just relax, breath in the last of winter’s

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Oklahoma: Black Mesa Summit

I know, I talked about Kansas last week and immediately turned around and talked about a different state. This trail is a couple hours drive from where we stayed in Kansas and I have been wanting to hike Black Mesa for a while. Black Mesa Summit is the highest point in the state of Oklahoma

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Kansas: Fossils and History

Keltin is from Kansas and so we visit fairly frequently. I’ve fallen in love with exploring the Sunflower state and the interesting things in the states close to the southwest corner of Kansas. This whole Kansas series is going to be a bit nerdy. I mean nerdy as in history and fossils. A bit of

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Pollinator Gardening for Beginners

This is a video I have been thinking about for a while. I don’t discuss gardening much on this blog but I do think that it is something important. I do have a garden and I’m working on more – including doing prep work over the winter. I will admit that I am behind on

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Visiting the Monnig Meteorite Gallery

I don’t talk about it much but I really love science. My love mostly revolves around fossils and space. Way back in 2019 I was looking up things to do locally and found out about the Monning Meteorite Gallery at TUC. And then 2020 happened and the gallery closed. I don’t know when exactly it

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Hiking Clear Creek Natural Heritage Center

I have been on the search for good free hiking trails. Many good trails – at least around here – are not free to visit. Many trails that are well maintained are at state parks and the free trails that are maintained by cities or counties are not as well maintained. Many of the trails

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DFW Local Hikes

Something that I have been wanting to do for a while is to create a resource where people can easily sort through the places I have hiked to find the hike that is right for them. To test this and see if it is something that people are interest in, I have compiled a list

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