As I snaked along the path that led me up to the top of the mountain, I was careful not to touch or bump into anything – and I mean anything. All the plants looked like they wanted to reach out and stick me. In… Read More »Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
My first trip to the desert was to Guadalupe Mountains National Park in the southwest portion of Texas. Other than a church youth group trip to a camp near Colorado Springs, I had never been past eastern Oklahoma at that time. I had no idea… Read More »Desert hiking and camping tips
I dropped my day pack with a thump and sat down on the smooth, warm, gray ground. I hung my feet over the edge of the United States and looked down to the turquoise water below, then up on into Mexico. Day hiking in Seminole… Read More »Seminole Canyon State Park & Historic Site
Driving along across the high plains of west Texas I take in the vastness that spreads out in every direction. Not quite going the speed limit, because this Arkansan still can’t believe a two-lane highway can have a 70-mile-an-hour speed limit (don’t hate me Texans!).… Read More »Palo Duro Canyon State Park