In our quest to get out and see more of Texas, we headed for the former town of Gruene. Located about 25 miles Northeast of San Antonio, Tx. Gruene is no longer its own town, it is a historic district with ion the city of new Bruanfels, Tx. Listed on the National Register of Historic
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A Visit to the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library
When your 80 year old mother comes to town, what do you do on a hot humid Texas weekend. We decided to head to College Station and visit the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library. In 1939 President Franklin Roosevelt began looking for a solution to the problem of Presidential records. Up until that time many
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The Basement of Texas, Natural Bridge Caverns
A few weeks ago I posted about my attempt to reach the roof of Texas. This time we take a trip closer to home as we head the other direction, down that is to the basement of Texas. Since we were all off for President’s Day this year we decided to explore our little corner of
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Four Beers from Boulevard Brewing Company
A couple weeks ago I tasted four beers I got in a sampler pack at our local mega mart (if you follow me on Instagram @chuck006 you know this already). This pack from Boulevard Brewing Company in Kansas City. The four beer are the 80-Acre Hoppy Wheat, Milk Stout, Pale Ale and Rosemary IPA. This
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My attempt to get to the Roof of Texas, Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Leaving early on a Saturday morning from our homes in South Texas, we headed West on Interstate 10 in the fog that seems to show up every third day or so here. Our destination in about 9 hours is Guadalupe Mountains National Park. The park is in and named for the Guadalupe Mountains of West
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Why are we traveling to India?
Almost everyone I know that loves to travel has India on the list of places they must visit. I count myself among that group. I would love to photograph the Taj Mahl, run the Mumbi Marathon or visit Jaisalmer Fort, the walled city. After watching an episode of Globe Trekker where the host (Zay Harding
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My 12 days as a Cuban – An Essay
The essay below was written by my college friend Patrick. He is just back from 12 days in Cuba. Their are lots of Photos from Patrick’s trip at the bottom of the story. By: Patrick Biederman The People. Cuba is a wealthy country in the sense that they have immense resources. They have oil, fish
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Road trip to Magnolia Market
If you have watched any HGTV you will know the names of Chip and Joanna Gains. they are the builder and designer behind the show Fixer Upper. My wife and I are huge fans of the show. So being just about 3 hours away we had to head to Waco to check out the Magnolia
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Norton Barrel Select Malbec
I was walking through the wine section at H.E.B, our local supermarket looking at the selection of wines from South America and making selections to have over the New Years weekend when I noticed this “Barrel Select” with a very reasonable $10 and some change. I had to bring it home and give it a
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Waco Mammoth National Monument our #NPS 100 Road Trip
Imagine it is a spring day in 1978, you are a teenager out looking for arrow head in creek in South Texas. You are walking down a creek and instead of an arrowhead you find a large bone. Luckily Paul Barron and Eddie Bufkin Recognizing the unusual nature of the find, they removed the bone
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