During our stay on Galveston Island our friends, Karen and Rich, took us over to Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge. We’d never even heard of it before but when they mentioned alligators we jumped at the chance to go. Besides, after our recent trip in November to Bosque del Apache NWR our interest in the Refuges [...]
Galveston! We arrived on a blustery Saturday afternoon of the first weekend in December, which on Galveston Island means one thing: Dickens on the Strand. The holiday celebration lasts all weekend and is centered around the historic buildings in downtown Galveston. We attended the 33rd annual festival and found it to quite enjoyable despite the chilly breeze. It sprawls over several blocks and seems like part Renaissance festival, part concert and part street fair. Although there is no historical connection to Galveston, Mark Charles Dickens, Dickens’s great-great-grandson was on hand to autograph his ancestor’s books.
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This is the time of year when our thoughts turn to friends and family and how important they are. This holiday season as we reflect on the past year we realize yet again, how thankful we are for the love and support of our families and [...]
We left Tucson Saturday afternoon much later than we had hoped. We were delayed by an urgent repair to our RV (our fridge had stopped working). Since we knew we were heading into the middle of nowhere we had to get it fixed before leaving Tucson. Thankfully, Beaudry RV squeezed us in (without an appointment) [...]
It’s amazing, four months doesn’t seem like that long and yet so much has happened! Not only to us but to our friends and family in Arizona too. That’s why we were thrilled to be able to visit over Thanksgiving, to catch up on all the changes. We stopped in Portal for a couple days [...]
I don’t know how it happens, we don’t purposely seek out historically fascinating places, yet Mesilla (Little Tableland) is another one. The small farming community hasn’t grown a bit since it was established in 1848, right after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. An error made by a map maker in New York (why were they [...]
When we left the Bosque del Apache we drove south on New Mexico Hwy 1. Conveniently Hwy 1 is a scenic by-way that not only passes by Fort Craig (once the largest fort west of the Mississippi) but the El Camino Real International Heritage Center before joining I-25. The IHC has only been open a [...]
Two video clips from our visit to Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge are here for your enjoyment.
During daylight, hundreds of sandhill cranes crowd the fields in the refuge to eat, dance, and talk loudly. We stood and watched for a long time—they were very entertaining!
Watch the video:
Sandhill Crane Sounds [mp4 2.3MB, [...]
Perhaps I should begin by telling you that we are not avid birdwatchers (birdbrains as someone in my family calls them). We don’t have a “life list” of all the birds we’ve seen (but perhaps we should). We are however, nature lovers and we enjoy watching nature at work. So it would have been foolish [...]
Socorro is a small town of about 10,000 people on the west side of the Rio Grande, I-10 and the railroad. The town was once known for mining (lead, silver and coal), cattle ranching and agriculture. Now the town primarily relies on the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology and tourism (both the [...]
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