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Jenny wrote a new blog post: Louisiana’s pictures (a small selection…) 13 years, 10 months ago · View
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Jenny wrote a new blog post: Crazy about National Parks…Guadalupe Mountains and Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico 13 years, 10 months ago · View
April 14 th-16th Okay, I have to admit that now that we have our National Parks Pass, we’re on a mission to get our money’s worth. After another swim in the spring-fed pool and a very windy morning, we got on another long road to the middle of nowhere. This time our destination was Guadalupe Mountains […]
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Jenny wrote a new blog post: Florida’s panhandle pictures 13 years, 10 months ago · View
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Jenny wrote a new blog post: Pictures from first week in Florida 13 years, 10 months ago · View
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Jenny wrote a new blog post: Big Bend National Park, Texas, Day 5-6 and Balmorhea State Park 13 years, 10 months ago · View
April 12 th-13th Big Bend has inspired me to write a lot. It’s one of the remotest places I’ve been in a long time and reminds me of hiking in Patagonia. The landscape is harsh and rugged; the climate is harsh and few people have been brave enough to make their home here. On that note, […]
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Jenny wrote a new blog post: 16 Avril : balade en paysage du Sud Ouest texan 13 years, 10 months ago · View
Encore une journée qui s’annonce sans un nuage, il fait fraid ce matin mais on sent que la température va vite monter. Avec le changement d’heure et le soleil, nous nous levons très tôt : vers 6h45. De ce fait, nous sommes déjà en action vers 8h30 pour une randonnée dans le parc national de Guadalupe. […] -
Jenny wrote a new blog post: 15 Avril : 2 parcs, 2 états, 1 journée 13 years, 10 months ago · View
Le vent s’est bien calmé dans la nuit mais la température est basse: moins de 10 degrés ce matin et le soleil a du mal à nous réchauffé. Le thé aide mais rien de mieux qu’une petite balade dans le désert… en fait pas tout à fait le désert puisque notre promenade de 3 km nous […] -
Jenny wrote a new blog post: Big Bend National Park, Texas, Day 3-4 13 years, 10 months ago · View
April 10 th-11th We woke up ready for a good hike up the mountain. We packed up camp and packed our food for the following days (we didn’t find the propane canister for our stove, so we prepared our dinner in advance.) The biggest issue was water- we had to pack 1 ½ gallons each for […]
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Jenny wrote a new blog post: 14 Avril : vers le nord, un autre parc national 13 years, 10 months ago · View
Sous le soleil et un vent très fort, nous démarrons la journée par un rattrapage Internet et blog, puis avant le repas, je profite de l’eau si rare dans le désert et fais encore quelques longueurs dans la piscine d’eau minérale en compagnie de quelques canards.Nous prenons ensuite la route direction le nord ouest et le […] -
Jenny wrote a new blog post: Notre trajet jusquà présent / Our trip so far 13 years, 10 months ago · View
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Jenny wrote a new blog post: Big Bend National Park, Texas, Day 1-2 13 years, 10 months ago · View
April 8 th We left Seminole Canyon after lunch to make the long drive on Texas Road 90 to Big Bend National Park. The potential government shut-down had us worried because it would have effectively closed the park. At the visitors’ center in Langtry, they assured us that if we arrived on Friday night, the park […]
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Jenny wrote a new blog post: 13 Avril : sortie du désert, direction nord ouest 13 years, 10 months ago · View
La nuit dans le désert a été assez bonne même si un peu difficile de trouver le sommeil avec tous les “bruits” du désert. Nous démontons la tente et reprenons la direction de la voiture à un ou deux kilomètres de là. Après un arrêt dans le camping 20 km plus loin pour le petit […]
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Jenny wrote a new blog post: Seminole Canyon State Park, Texas 13 years, 10 months ago · View
April 7 th-8th We stopped in Del Rio, the last big city, and border town with Mexico to buy some groceries and camping supplies. We have not been able to find the propane canister for our backpacking stove and might be forced to go to plan B as the options are getting slimmer. There was a […]
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Jenny wrote a new blog post: Guadalupe State Park and San Antonio, Texas 13 years, 10 months ago · View
April 3 rd-7th We arrived at Guadalupe State Park (in Texas Hill Country) Sunday evening. The park is situated on the Guadalupe River and is a popular weekend destination for locals. We hiked down to the swimming area, a rocky beach on one side with a limestone wall on the other. We waded in to cool […]
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Jenny wrote a new blog post: Adventures with the car 13 years, 10 months ago · View
Up to this point in the trip, we’ve been lucky and haven’t had any problems with the car. On our stop-over in Fort Worth, we got an oil change at Midas. They told us that everything checked out perfectly, not a surprise but still comforting. The same afternoon, we filled the gas tank. Just after […]
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Jenny wrote a new blog post: 12 Avril : il fait chaud… 13 years, 10 months ago · View
La nuit dans le désert a été bonne : pas de bruit, température idéale (je remarque que dans le désert, la température nocturne suit une courbe linéaire : juste après le couché du soleil, la température continue a être chaude, le sol étant encore très chaud puis baisse peu à peu pour arriver à une […]
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Jenny wrote a new blog post: Austin and Johnsonville, Texas 13 years, 10 months ago · View
April 2 nd- April 3 rd We made a quick overnight stop in Austin, the Texas State Capital. We got in mid-afternoon Saturday so we went down to see the enormous pink-tinted capitol building. The story behind the funding of the capitol is pretty good. Texas wanted to build a new capitol building (this was in the […]
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Jenny wrote a new blog post: Cleburne State Park (near Fort Worth) 13 years, 10 months ago · View
March 30 th – April 1 st On Thursday, we woke up to a sunny, beautiful day. This is what we came to Texas for. We took advantage of the nice weather to spend a day in the park. We went for a hike around the park which surrounds a large lake. There was a strange noise […]
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Jenny wrote a new blog post: 6 Avril : San Antonio 13 years, 10 months ago · View
Avant de lire un peu plus sur la ville, je ne connaissais San Antonio que par le fait que le meilleur basketteur français joue là bas. Je voyais San Antonio comme une petite ville au milieu du Texas où il ne doit pas y avoir grand chose à faire excepté une excursion dans le désert. […]
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Jenny wrote a new blog post: Fort Worth and Dallas, Texas 13 years, 10 months ago · View
March 28 th-March 30 th The cold, rainy weather followed us south from Arkansas so we spent our first two days in Texas in a Studio 6 (an apartment version of Motel 6-nice and very reasonable.) Our first impression of Texas was the road work at the border in Texarkana. The detour was so confusing that we […]
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