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Copper Breaks State Park 10/13/2019

Posted on October 21, 2019 by

Another event hosted by the West Texas Trail Walkers.  We did an out/back 4 miles in this park (which you would think was beautiful if you hadn’t just walked at Caprock Canyon the day before). We arrived around 8 am … Continue reading →

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Caprock Canyon State Park 10/12/2019

Posted on October 20, 2019 by

Event hosted by the West Texas Trail Walkers.  We did an out/back 5K in this beautiful park with its free range buffalo. They told us to stay at least 50 yards away from the buffalo, but someone forgot to tell … Continue reading →

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Purtis Creek State Park 9/20/2019

Posted on September 21, 2019 by

We were supposed to do a hike here in the spring but got rained out. Today we had great weather and dry trails. Park Entrance. Walk director explaining the trail map before we headed out. Hike started here. My husband … Continue reading →

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Enchanted Rock State Park 6/8/2019

Posted on June 10, 2019 by

We did a 5K around the south side of Enchanted Rock.  We walked out to Moss Lake and back. We did not climb to the summit. There is a $7.00 entry (if you don’t have a pass). To make sure … Continue reading →

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Monahans Sandhills State Park

Posted on April 26, 2019 by

I noticed that the walking club in Midland is doing a group walk there tomorrow.  Information here. So I looked up my pictures from 2009 and decided to post them.  Maybe it will encourage others to walk here.

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Stonewall, TX – 08/19/2017

Posted on August 19, 2017 by

Walk registration for this event was at the LBJ State Park Visitor Center. First we followed a trail over to and through the Sauer-Beckman Living History Farm, then on over to the bison pasture, we looped back by the walk … Continue reading →

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Fort Griffin Historic Site- 04/15/2016

Posted on April 16, 2017 by

This is not a State Park, so your park pass doesn’t work here. There is a $4.00 entry fee for day use.  We were there to do the volksmarch.  We chose to do the 5K version which took us out … Continue reading →

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Goliad, TX Volksmarch- 03/06/16

Posted on March 11, 2016 by

 I apologize for the long post, but there was just so much to see. The walk started at the Goliad Courthouse. We took the Angel of Goliad trail to the State Park.  Many sections of this trail is on a … Continue reading →

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McKinney Falls State Park Walk – 02/27/2016

Posted on February 28, 2016 by

We joined the Austin Volksmarching Club for a great day of hiking in the State Park just a few miles East of Austin.

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Fort Richardson State Park 10K

Posted on May 17, 2015 by

First a short history lesson on Fort Richardson. It was officially established in February 1868 in order to provide protection against marauding Comanche and Kiowa Indians. The unstockaded fort occupied some 300 acres along Lost Creek, a tributary of the … Continue reading →

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