Walking Continues

There were once two sisters who were not afraid of the dark because the dark was full of the other's voice across the room, because even when the night was thick and starless they walked home together from the river seeing who could last the longest without turning on her flashlight, not afraid because sometimes in the pitch of night they'd lie on their backs in the middle of the path and look up until the stars came back and when they did, they'd reach their arms up to touch them and did. ~ Jandy Nelson, The Sky is Everywhere Even now when we get together we have a tendency to run "full out." And this visit was no different. We wandered -- in the garden, at the mall, to the ponds, and along the trails of Mother Neff Park.  In between our chats were talks with our brother, communications from kids and grandkids, dog kisses, and surprise cat acceptance we shared meals with friends and attempted to pace ourselves. That, however, never happens as we crashed on the so...

test - a critical examination, observation, or evaluation* I've been to this place many times, but I had never seen the waterfalls and springs. You can almost hear the rushing water. My friend CW sent me a text yesterday asking if I was willing to "test a trail." It took me a minute (and some discussion) to understand the question. The local Boy Scout Camp is now doing some kind of joint use and is now called "Camp Tahuaya: A Family Adventure Campground." ** The score for the trail will be at the end. Really. You can just skip to it if you get bored and don't want to look at the photos. *** I know little about the organization of the "family adventure campground," but it appears (from the website) to be part of the Longhorn Council of the Boy Scouts of America and I don't intend to ask any further questions at this point. We can leave that for another day. My friend and her husband have been working on a project of the Central Texas Chapter T...