Daily Prompt: Agile
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Geysers at Yellowstone National Park
I could publish this post and not say anything and the photos would speak for themselves. The geysers that are found in Yellowstone are like nothing I had ever seen before and are truly amazing and beautiful. To explain how these work I took this excerpt from the National Park Service website: Sprinkled amid the …
Bandera, Texas 100K Trail Race
We made a 3 day trip to Bandera as our son Erik completed his first 100K (62 mile) trail race in the rugged Texas Hill Country. I have been around competitive running for quite a few years as we have watched his progress through high school/college track and cross country and now into \”Ultra\” endurance …
Road trip to the Texas Hill Country
This is just a short post as we are about to drive south to watch Erik compete in the Bandera 100K Trail Race. Once we return I\’ll make sure and post a comprehensive story about the trip and the experience of a trail ultra race. Should be interesting.
Reunion in Decorah, Iowa
Most of my wife\’s family lives in Iowa and Minnesota, including several that live in one of my favorite towns; Decorah, Iowa. When you think of Iowa you may think of flat corn fields but Decorah looks considerably different with hills, rocky cliffs, and beautiful trees everywhere. For a town of less than 10,000 people …
Knob Hill Trail, Lake Grapevine, Texas
One of our favorite locations for trail running, mountain bike riding, or just escaping the big city is found on the west side of Lake Grapevine at the Knob Hill Trail. The trail is a nearly 11 mile long loop though a rough Texas landscape with a fair amount of elevation change. When you are …
Early morning on the Colorado River, Austin, Texas
The Colorado River (Texas) is the longest river in Texas that has both it source and mouth within the state. It begins in the plains of Llano Estacado south of Lubbock, Texas. Llano Estacado, often translated as \”Staked Plain\”, is a region in the Southwestern United States that encompasses parts of eastern New Mexico and northwestern Texas …
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University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas
The University of St. Thomas, named after St. Thomas Aquinas, opened its first classes on September 22, 1947 with 57 freshmen and 8 faculty members. I was fortunate to have gradutated from UST and remember my time here and in the city of Houston fondly. Originally consisting solely of the Link–Lee House on the corner …
Pawnee National Grassland
Meredith and I headed out from Fort Collins, Colorado towards Laramie, Wyoming before detouring straight east across Highway 80 to Sidney, Nebraska. On our return back to Fort Collins we detoured through northeast Colorado through the aptly named Pawnee National Grassland. Talk about some wide open spaces. The grassland is roughly 30 x 60 square …
Foggy day in Keller, Texas
While we no longer live here we enjoyed the 15 years we lived in Keller. Our three kids were raised here and we will always have good memories of the times we spent like the ones at Bear Creek Park which is right in the middle of the city. Bear Creek starts as a small …