Chain Trail in Hueco Tanks State Park and Historic Site near El Paso, Texas, is aptly named. As you ascend North Mountain, you hold on to a chain. It’s short and steep with a wow factor when you reach the top. I had spent a couple of hours on a Rock Art Tour with a … Continue reading
Religious masks, geometric designs, animals, and people wearing intricate headdresses are painted are the rocks. You have to slide under rock overhangs, climb up to shelters and squeeze between boulders to see them. Hueco Tanks State Park and Historic Site is unique in how its rock paintings tell the stories of ancient people. The pictographs … Continue reading
McKittrick Canyon has been called “the most beautiful spot in Texas.” With good reason. It’s where Guadalupe Mountains National Park started. Hiking in the national park was one of the main reasons I made a trip to El Paso. I spent three days in El Paso exploring its missions, food, ancient pictographs in Hueco Tanks … Continue reading
I had visited El Paso in the late 1990s on a cross country road trip with my parents. My father wanted to step foot in Mexico and El Paso gave us the perfect opportunity to walk over to Juarez. Returning to the city had been on my travel list for a while, especially because I … Continue reading
A lighthouse is the iconic symbol of Palo Duro Canyon State Park, just outside of Amarillo, Texas. It’s not a lighthouse like you would see along a coastline. It’s a sandstone rock formation. To see it, you have to hike to in the Grand Canyon of Texas. Palo Duro is the second largest canyon in … Continue reading
One night in Marfa wasn’t enough. Marfa is everything you’ve heard – weird, quirky, artsy, rugged, remote, and wonderful. It’s a unique blend of sprawling ranches and ultra nuevo art galleries. It’s a town of 1,800 folks in a desert landscape where everything is weathered and that just adds to the charm. It’s where life … Continue reading
About two hours northwest of Austin, Texas, is a remote wilderness. Colorado Bend State Park is 5,328 acres and filled with trails and caves. The most visited spot in the park is Gorman Falls, a 70-foot spring fed waterfall over travertine formations. The day I visited I wanted solitude decided to explore a lesser known … Continue reading
After filming a couple of hiking segments for a television station in Austin, Texas, I decided to take the scenic route back to San Antonio taking TX Highway 290 to US-281. It’s a lot less crowded that I-35, plus the scenery of rolling hills and ranches along the edge of the Texas Hill Country is … Continue reading
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