After a couple decades of mulling, I’ve finally begun writing what will become my first official publication. Entitled A Traveler’s Guide to Texas Geography, it will combine memoir with trip advice. New guidebooks about the Lone Star State appear every year, but few of them relate much about the landscape. Mine will do this, based …
We want to tell you how much we enjoyed your Texpert Tour on our December visit to Austin. It was our first time in your city, and we happily found you, a true expert on the history, customs, politics, food, restaurants, music, surrounding areas, and more. You made us feel welcome and “at home.” We …
The stats helper monkeys at howierichey.com/ mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here's a high-level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Fresher than Ever. Crunchy numbers A Boeing 747 jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 3,000 times in 2010. That’s about seven full 747s. In …
Repeat clients mean pure gold: they already know they’re in for a great time, and their friends need no convincing. So it was that Sue and Priscilla, who had experienced a Texpert adventure at a wedding a while back, brought their husbands for a special trek during October’s first weekend. It’s wine month in the …
British travel writer Tim Moore describes my tour as “idiosyncratic” in this month’s Lonely Planet magazine.
Always seeking to be a better guide, I took an epic journey to Europe this summer. In four weeks, my wife and I visited four countries: England, Scotland, Bavaria, and Austria. More remarkable than the itinerary was that this was my first trip abroad. We went not only for pleasure, but to experience how folks …
On June 4, just as summer vacation season began, I was privileged to host Linda Lambert, columnist for the Horseshoe Bay Beacon, on a Keep Austin Weird excursion. Here‘s her account of the adventure. Thanks, Linda!
Nothing but flowers . . . Hike – Pitch – Float Thanks for looking!
I can think of many ways to tell a story, but it seems that every story involves telling how the story came to be, and those story clusters intertwine. Linda and I celebrated our fifth honeymoon with a journey back in time. Our annual custom is to sleep in a historic hotel or bed and …
Living up to my “Back Roads Scholar” title, I go off the beaten track to find tucked-away spots lost to the speeding traveler. Last month, I was headed to Canyon of the Eagles for a camp-out. In Bertram, I turned north to bridge the Russell and North Forks of the San Gabriel River and find …