Sunday, April 8. Packed up a snack basket, some maps, and appropriate apparel, then zoomed west along A303, past the iconic stone monument once again. The day was cloudy with intermittent drizzle, so we used windshield wipers front and back. Lina was my navigator, using her prepared route list and online maps, such as they …
One is advised to book your trip to Stonehenge in advance, reserving a time. We did that the night before, online. Enjoyed another full English breakfast, this time in the George, then rolled north past Woodhenge and west through Larkhill. Looked in vain at the latter place for the exploded detention camp depicted in V …
Friday, April 6 (my seven-month birthday), was a great day to relax and get to know our accommodations. The George rises to three stories. Two wings, running west and north, stretch over the first level. Our room sits up two flights of stairs and down an uneven hall past nonstandard doorways of varying heights. Floors …
Up and at ’em. After helping myself a bowl of muesli and cow milk, Jonathan prepared a fulfilling breakfast of eggs, bacon, and toast. I wrote some, then Linda and I took a walk in the sunny, cool morning along the bike path and through a sheep field to the ancient church, St. George’s. There …
Our escape vehicle, a brand-new Boeing 787 Dreamliner, jetted out of Austin on a partly cloudy late afternoon, zooming north and east. Remarkable were the individual touch screens on all seat backs, which offered games, menus, flight path maps, and views out left and right windows as well as the cockpit. Passengers could read our …
Waiting to board…
Time’s growing short, but we’re getting ourselves and our stuff ready. Consider this a test of how this post might propagate.
Thanks for joining me! Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton
There’s a desire that builds in me after too long a time away from Trans-Pecos Texas. The final winter weekend of 2016 presented an opportunity to scratch that itch when I learned that the Nature Conservancy’s Davis Mountains Preserve would be open. Lina and I chose to combine this year’s wedding anniversary trip with a …
Here’s a guest post: Austin holds a reputation for being a strange place. What are the most bizarre aspects of this creative city? photo: propertytaxloansfortexas.com Red Wassenich would never have imagined what he started probably as a novelty and a mild shocker would turn into a monster. Neither could he have foretold that the city …