There are three important parts to Big Bend: the river, the desert, and the mountains. They work together to create a landscape that is awe inspiring at every turn. THE RIVER The Rio Grande flows in and out of the park cutting through canyons and quenching dry sandy shores. I had the pleasure of diving …
We woke up at dawn on the surprisingly cold and windy ridge over Seminole Canyon and started our long drive to Big Bend National Park. We traced the southern border for hours, passing little besides mesquite, purple sage, cacti, and wire fencing marking the boundaries of ranches. The relatively flat landscape we’d been driving through …
All right world: get ready for a long post because your girl is really into pictographs and pre-Clovis people (who knew?!). But first, let’s talk about San Antonio. After spending another night hacking our lungs up in the back of a 2009 Nissan Versa parked inconspicuously in the back of a Walmart parking lot, we …
After a few days on the road sleeping in the car it was good to get the tent set up again. Planting the stakes into the ground feels like putting down roots, even if it’s only for one night. McKinney Falls State Park is just on the edge of the Austin city limits and offers …
We left Florida (after spending another night at my cousin’s) with tears on our cheeks and fur in our hearts. Tiffany/Moe is one of the best/floofiest there is, so it was bittersweet leaving. We decided the next big park we want to hit is Big Bend in southwest Texas. From there we’ll head up to …
Thalassophobia directly translates from the Greek to “fear of the sea,” but it can extend to fear of large bodies of water, fear of being too far from land, or fear of the vast emptiness of the ocean. But the definition that resonates the most with me is “the fear of what lies beneath.” I’m …
We drove to the end of the Everglades (Flamingo), the Southern most part of peninsular Florida, to hit a few hikes and try to spot some crocodile and manatee. We learned that crocodile live in the brackish water between the saltwater bay and freshwater river. The manatee hang where the boats are, which is inside …
We woke up to blue skies on our first morning in the Everglades. The first exotic creatures we encountered were our fellow campers. A family’s worth of bicycles leaned against a massive RV, playing the soft sounds of pulsing electronic music as mom and dad pumped iron beside the picnic table. Across from them a …
Ryan and I loaded up the car Tuesday morning and headed three hours south to Kissimmee Prairie Park and Preserve. After we passed the exit to Disney, the roads became emptier and emptier. Once we took the exit for the prairie, we saw nothing but farms and radio towers. And a few repeated signs that …
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Tiffany got the day off work and the three of us went back up to see a little more of Lincolnville, the historically black neighborhood in St. Augustine that was pivotal in the Civil Rights movement. Truly a city full of history, you can stand where important events occurred in the 1960s a few blocks …
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