Brazos Bend (Texas) State Park, great family camping, bicycling, birding, gator watching
Brazos Bend State Park is an outstanding family ‘destination’ park within easy reach of downtown Houston, Texas. We stayed here for 12 days recently…
Brazos Bend State Park is an outstanding family ‘destination’ park within easy reach of downtown Houston, Texas. We stayed here for 12 days recently…
This is the third in a series of posts that are exploring lesser-know public campgrounds to discover dazzling scenery, spectacular fall color, and an…
Pack your recreation vehicle, throw in an extra layer of clothing and explore a few lesser-know public campgrounds this autumn to discover amazing scenery,…
We have camped twice in Ohiopyle State Park during the autumn and have relished the fall colors. Be advised however that once the rain…
In 2001, potter Alleghany Meadows remodeled a 30-foot 1967 Airstream Sovereign Land Yacht into a traveling exhibition space called the Art-Stream featuring his work and the…
This page holds the 2010-2012 musings and reflections of Jimmy Smith, long-time bicyclist, one-time retreat center owner and now a semi-retired, extended-time RVer and…
Silver Falls State Park, known as the ‘crown jewel’ of the Oregon State Parks system, attracts more than a million visitors each year–most of…
Lloyd Kahn, editor-in-chief at Shelter Publications, has come out with: “Tiny Homes on the Move” (224 pages, $28.95, 2014). In it are stories of…
Otter Crest State Scenic Viewpoint thrusts out into the Pacific Ocean between Newport to the south and Depoe Bay to the north along the Oregon…
If you are ever trying to out distance a tropical storm blowing up from Mexico while vectoring southeast from Albuquerque toward Austin, head for Oasis…