[photopress:DSC_9180_sm_blog.jpg,full,pp_image] (click to enlarge) The phrase “I told you so” has become tired from overuse, but sometimes it fits a situation perfectly. Take our Saturday adventure at Plano Balloonfest 2009, for example. “I don’t want to go outside at Balloonfest,” Benjamin said. “I want to go inside at Balloonfest.” Usually he would rather play… (read more)
After I learned early Sunday morning that there was no water running over Pedernales Falls, we instead headed back to Austin’s Sixth Street. There wasn’t much to see in daylight, as odd as that may sound. Shannon made a photographic project out of the pub and restaurant signs while I tried to capture what little… (read more)
After our return from Krause Springs, I sat in the hotel room looking through my pictures while Shannon hit the fitness room for her Saturday run. They actually pumped HD content into our beautiful widescreen television, but navigating the channels was so slow that I gave up and left it on a half-way compelling “Shark… (read more)
“Folks used to come here and get married, and they would shove them right off the bluff,” said Richard, a staffer at Krause Springs, on a follow-up interview by phone. He conceded that because of varying water levels, settlers who flocked to the site in the 1880’s faced a much lower jump. Neither Shannon nor… (read more)
[photopress:img_1939_sm_blog_1.jpg,full,pp_image] Photo by Self “Absorbed” Timer Some would say that using an alarm clock while on vacation is absolute insanity. I say take a Texas vacation including outdoor destinations in August, and you might begin to understand. The subsequent departure toward an unknown destination didn’t faze me, because the rolling hills make every… (read more)