During our Weekend Getaway to Fredericksburg in December, we hit the wine trail responsibly via 290 Wine Shuttle. This hop on/hop off service from downtown Fredericksburg to select wineries along 290 is the best way to spend a busy Saturday in the Texas Wine Country. No driving, no worries, and surprisingly no lines or waiting. […]
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Channeling My Inner Child at Houston Zoo Lights
Do you remember driving around neighborhoods looking at Christmas lights when you were a kid? Those are some of my fondest childhood memories, especially during the holidays. Now that I’m a grown up (groan) and sit in traffic 10 hours per week, I’d rather not add another couple hours looking at lights. As a nice […]
Wine Hunting at Texas Renaissance Festival
Who am I to pass up a wine tasting? Not me. I’m game anytime, anywhere. Texas Renaissance Festival (TRF for short) runs every year during October and November in Todd Mission, Texas (just north of Houston). There is something for everyone! Costuming, jousting and other shows, shopping for handcrafts, festival eating, people watching, and…wait for […]
Oktoberfest in Texas: What to Wear
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A Mini Wine Trail Through Fredericksburg
Remember when I said I can sniff out wineries like a bloodhound? I wasn’t kidding. For Texans, the Hill Country is a playground for wine enthusiasts like myself. After our recent backpacking trip to Lost Maples State Natural Area, we stopped at a few (okay…six) wineries on our way home. From Lost Maples, we drove from San Antonio […]
Lost Maples Trip Report: Backpacking or Wine Tasting? Both! (Part 2)
Continued from: Lost Maples Trip Report: Backpacking or Wine Tasting? Both! (Part 1) What do you do when life hands you lemons? Go drink wine. So when we woke up to thunderstorms after backpack camping, we realized our 8-mile day hike that we had planned for that day was not going to happen. As serendipity […]
Lost Maples Trip Report: Backpacking or Wine Tasting? Both! (Part 1)
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Becoming an Outdoors Woman Workshop: Spring 2016
I’ve now been teaching geology at Texas Parks & Wildlife Becoming an Outdoors Woman workshops for three years. Twice a year at each new (or sometimes revisited) location brings new experiences and I meet new people. The most recent workshop at Concan in April was no exception. Concan is probably my favorite location […]
A Mini Wine Trail in Grapevine
How much damage could I do in a half day on a mini wine trail? Oh, plenty! Recently my husband and I were in the Dallas area for a convention, and we had a half day to spare before the convention got started. Some people in this situation sleep in or read a book…I find the nearest winery. […]
Visiting Big Bend National Park (Part 4: Outside the Park)
Continued from Visiting Big Bend National Park (Part 3: Flora) In this part of my Big Bend National Park trip report, we drove west along River Road to Terlingua to have dinner at Starlight Theatre, crossed the Rio Grande River into Boquillas, Mexico for lunch, and stopped in Marathon north of the park for a look […]