Adventure stories from around the world, the kitchen, and the written word.
It has been a while since Keltin and I took Bear on a good hike and we decided to head up to Lake Mineral Wells State Park recently. We go there early to beat the crowds and hopefully the heat. We actually managed fairly well on those two fronts only to nearly drowned in the
After hiking at Lake Mineral Wells State Park we explored the actual town a bit. Mineral Wells is probably best well know for the Baker Hotel. A building that towers over the city, a now closed remnant from the 1930’s. We wanted to explore the area a bit and take some photos of the old
On the same beach trip where we took the wonderful photos of an energetic Bear there was a sailboat beached well… on the beach. Name: Black Pearl, or I think it was anyway. Said boat made for some great shots. All of these were taken with our 70-200mm lens. My sister met up with us
Bear loves to run and swim. Most of the time it is in lakes but he is a fan of the beach too. Keltin took these in Galveston last time we were there. If you drive past the seawall and the places where you can pay to drive on the beach you can find some
Before we ventured to the Railroad Museum, Keltin and I took a rather long detour by the Galveston Bookshop where we were promptly greeted by the shop cat, Carson. He rules the place and loves some scratches. This bookstore had a wonderfully large fantasy and sci-fi section upstairs and I spent a ridiculous amount of
As much as Keltin and I love the beach we can only sit and bake in the sun for so long. We love exploring new places and new things, thus on our most recent trip down to the Texas coast we visited the Galveston Railroad Museum. This museum is right on The Strand and in
Just a few blocks from Sons of Liberty Coffee is a little used bookstore on a corner and it is a wonderful little shop with floor to ceiling books with a second story. Barber’s Book Store is supposed to be the oldest bookstore in the state of Texas. Keltin and I loved the place the
Part of the reason that I was so excited to visit Austin recently was that it meant I could finally visit Meridian Hive Meadery. I’ve been to a decent number of breweries and a growing list of wineries but not many places make mead but Meridian Hive makes some that is pretty darn good. I
Bear is a rescue dog that I adopted at 12 weeks. I really did mean to get a little bit older dog – 1 or 2 years old – but he was a little puppy curled up into a little yellow ball in the last kennel. I had to take him home. I count his
On our walk this morning, with a very excited Bear, a truck pull over in front of us and set a box turtle in the grass. His passenger said “better than in the road!” I couldn’t agree more because I’ve done the same thing. I was heading home from being out of town with my
