Category Archives: Texas

I flew down to Texas over the weekend with my sister to give several workshops at a conference in Fort Worth. We got in on Friday just before lunch, which gave us time to visit the site of the Kennedy … Continue reading →

Problem: Our flight to Chicago was at 2:15 pm. We didn’t need to be at the San Antonio airport until 12:30 or so. We had a morning to kill. We contemplated going to the top of the Tower of the … Continue reading →

By 2:00 or so, it was evident to me that Aransas was a bust, birdwise. I knew it might be a long time before I returned to south Texas, so I determined to find somewhere else to spend a few … Continue reading →

There’s a lot about birds in this post, so if you’re not interested, you might want to skip it. But there’s also some stuff about wild pigs and Alligators … Aransas is the Mecca for birders, primarily because it’s the … Continue reading →

We finished walking the Riverwalk, but I was reluctant to leave. I only get to San Antonio once every 50 years, and I didn’t want to miss anything. I suggested we walk the two blocks to the Alamo and see … Continue reading →