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2024-05-03 Kickapoo Caverns
In 2024, I travelled to Texas to experience the Total Solar Eclipse on April 4. Cloud-cover limited the drama for the eclipse. But all was not lost, because after the eclipse, I drove down to the Lower Rio Grande Valley, and enjoyed some time with my friends and the birds that haunt the valley. A ... Read more
2024-04-14 Sunday at Laguna Atascosa
2024-04-12 Friday I wanted to stay at Andy Bowie County Park while on South Padre Island. Before leaving Midland, Texas, I worked on getting a space reserved for Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. I would need to move into another space after that. I wanted to spend a week on the island if I could work ... Read more
2024-04-08 Texas Solar Eclipse
2024-04-06 Saturday The trip to Texas to see the eclipse began with a blown right rear tire. The spare was not in the best of condition, and after a long wait for AAA, it got us to Tucson, where I bought a new tire. When we got close to Deming, New Mexico, the other rear ... Read more
2024-04-28 "Big Sit" at the National Butterfly Center
Organized by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, the “Big Sit” is a bird-watching event that takes place each year during the Great Texas Birding Classic, or GTBC. There are fourteen categories of competition to the GTBC. Organizers claim the events are the “biggest, longest, wildest birdwatching tournament” in North America. For a full description ... Read more
Musical Acts I Remember
It was a fertile time for music during the 1960s and early 1970s when I grew up. Perhaps because I was involved with school bands, and my brain could plug in to the new movements rising from the culture of that time, I was fascinated with the popular music of the day. Even at an ... Read more
