Browsing: Texas

Photography

A Night in Crystal Beach

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The Greatest Free Ride in Texas. Galveston-Bolivar Peninsula Ferry Ride. Instead of staying in on Saturday, I wanted to go away from the hustle and bustle, somewhere where I can relax. The beach. So we planned on going to Crystal Beach in Bolivar Peninsula, TX, which is about a two-hour drive…

Photography

South Padre Island view from the Lighthouse

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Port Isabel Lighthouse Today, only five historic lighthouses are left in the Texas coasts along the Gulf of Mexico. The others that have stood the test of time beaconing light from afar had been damaged or demolished. Of these five lights, only one is open to the public, for a…

personal

Night Time Flying in Texas

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A photo of a stratocumulus cloud formation as seen from the sky at dusk, also showing the curvature of the earth. My pilot friend took me on a night flight between two airports south and southwest of Houston on his new airplane. He was planning to be a flight instructor. He said ‘flying…

personal

Santa’s Wonderland in Texas

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The Biggest Christmas attraction in the state of Texas that sparkles with over 3 million LED lights, is located in College Station. Santa’s Wonderland sits on 69 acres boasting Santa’s Town, Texas Christmas Village, and the spectacular over a mile long winding trail of lights. And this Christmas season, it…

Outdoorsy

Hamilton Pool Preserve

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One of the stops on our trip on thanksgiving weekend was to the Hamilton Pool Preserve in Dripping Springs, Texas, just about 23 miles north of Austin off Highway 71. From the parking lot we hiked less than a mile through a kind of a rugged terrain, hilly and rocky, but…

Outdoorsy

Fall Foliage Colors

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One of the reasons I wanted to go to the Travis County Park was to see the fall foliage colors along our way. In Texas, at least along our route, and maybe because of this time of the year, there was not much however we still see some of the beautiful foliage. Still…

business

USGS Estimates 20 Billion Barrels of Oil in Texas’ Wolfcamp Shale

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This is very very interesting, not just for people working in the oil and gas industry, and the industry itself, but for the entire country, as this is the largest estimate of continuous oil that USGS has ever assessed in the United States. “The fact that this is the largest assessment…

Travels

Aboard the Aircraft Carrier USS Lexington

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My beautiful mom and I aboard the USS Lexington (USS Lexington Museum on the Bay), a World War II-vintage aircraft carrier, docked in Corpus Christi, Texas! It also served as an attack carrier, anti-submarine carrier, and training carrier. Records show it is as tall as a 19 story building; as…

Restaurants

Sherlock’s Baker St.

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We had our company happy hour today at Sherlock’s Baker St. Pub in Westheimer. It was nice to relax after work and hang out with our workmates who are up to it. It is actually very close to my place, so it was so convenient, I just had to drive for…

Restaurants

Pappa’s Barbecue in Downtown Houston

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An old friend took me out to lunch today during our break time from work. He just moved working downtown Houston a couple of months ago. Downtown Houston Tunnel Loop System is more than 6 miles long and connects 95 city blocks; it is a city of its own during…