Texas

  • POTA in Central Texas

    With a week of precious vacation gradually dissolving in the wet and gloomy North Texas weather, I desperately grabbed a BnB in Laguna Park, TX with intentions of activating parks new to me.  These are my old stomping grounds from… Continue reading

    POTA in Central Texas
  • 241109 @ Eisenhower State Park, QRP

    Something about CW outside just really recharges my battery.  Maybe it’s being outside after my first week of going back in to the gulag – err – office.  Maybe it the sunshine after several days of overcast and misty days. … Continue reading

    241109 @ Eisenhower State Park, QRP
  • 241028 @ US-2991 Bonham State Park

    Vacation – a whole week!!  Looking at the calendar at the beginning of the year, I know I’ll want – need – some outside time in decent weather.  Meaning fall.  So I blocked out the first week of fiscal November… Continue reading

    241028 @ US-2991 Bonham State Park
  • 241019@ US-0548 Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge

    Hagerman didn’t disappoint.  But I did.  I made it all the way to the fishing area, opened the back hatch to unload and discovered some idiot forgot to grab a battery on the way out of the door this morning.… Continue reading

    241019@ US-0548 Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge
  • 240816 @ US-6553 Eisenhower Birthplace State Historic Site

    Not a bad day in the park.  I’m trying to maintain my two-activations per week tempo, so any chance for a Friday feels like a bonus.  I had work meetings scheduled into the afternoon but by 0800, they started to… Continue reading

    240816 @ US-6553 Eisenhower Birthplace State Historic Site
  • 240704@US-0548 Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge

    Happy Independence Day!  Full disclosure, I’m more Texan than American.  My values and priorities are seldom aligned with those of our government, and apparently, are not aligned with the visible voting Americans.  I definitely have more in common with Ham… Continue reading

    240704@US-0548 Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge