In the 1690’s The King’s Highway (AKA El Camino Real) connected diverse cultures—it still does! State Highway 21 roughly traces the old El Camino Real that ran between Guerreo, Mexico… Read More →
Meet John Muir
One of my cardinal rules is NEVER take a group of master naturalists on an interpretative hike. With their incessant field guides, new-fangled cameras and fancy binoculars, it’s worse than… Read More →
Return of the Body Snatchers, Part II
There is in this world unspeakable cruelty and barbarism, usually practiced by and attributed to the weaknesses and flaws of humanity. But in nature, unlike in the affairs of men,… Read More →
Animal Farm–Revisited
I’m one of those insufferable human reporters—you know—the hatchet-faced adrenaline junkies who will do almost anything for a story. It’s the 32nd century, the year 3116, and I’m in grave… Read More →
Backroads Nature–LBJ State Park
Texans will never give up their pickups for mass transit. There can be no greater happiness than toolin’ down a good highway with no particular place to go. The fresh… Read More →