In April I drove back to Ennis to see again the Bluebonnet Trails, having first visited around the same time in 2014. The map and directions can look a little confusing, but the good news is that once you get off the highway and start on the side roads, the…
I took a mini-road trip last weekend, able to head out early morning and make it back for a late lunch. I drove out to Ennis, only about 30-45 minutes away from downtown Dallas, to see the bluebonnets growing there and travel along the Bluebonnet Trail. I haven’t made a…
The other day I was talking with someone about caves I read about in Texas, which got me thinking about Luray Caverns in Virginia. Now, I might be biased, but the caverns in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley are absolutely incredible. These are also, I am told, the largest caverns in the…
If it hasn’t come up yet, I am a bit of an Ernest Hemingway fan. I wasn’t always, but an appreciate grew, beginning in high school. And when I started reading those stories and books outside of the standard required reading. So when I was asked what I wanted to…
When I first started making my plans to visit the Florida Keys, I did several searches for ideas of places to visit and what to keep in mind for photographic opportunities. And very much prevalent in those searches – especially image searches – were the sunsets. And for very, very…
I spent a long weekend in the Florida Keys and am back feeling refreshed and relaxed. The salty ocean air, the sound of the wind through the palm trees and the feel of cool, grainy sand on your skin has a tendency to do that. Not to mention the sunsets:…