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Life slows down when you head west. You start to pay attention to things that you may have long forgotten about or just never bothered to admire. You notice the beauty in the rugged terrain; a personal connection to the dry, arid desert brings a smile to your face. The hues, colors, scents, and textures of the…
The colors were amazing, brilliant oranges and yellows, worthy of a painting but instead only captured by cameras. It was with that brilliant light that I fell in love with the wilderness. This was my first time truly outside. Not just in the woods, or a few miles from a road. I’d been backpacking in West Virginia and North Carolina before this, but never had I stepped foot in true wilderness.
The first thing I learned at Black Elk Peak was to never wear the wrong socks to a mountain hike. Its worse than bringing a knife to a gunfight. It’s like bringing a toy sword to a gunfight. Inappropriate and painful.
For a Texas retreat that boasts hill country views and a serpentine lake, Possum Kingdom State Park is a picturesque option. Possum Kingdom State Park We enjoyed a three-day weekend getaway at Possum Kingdom State Park during the first weekend of October. Arriving around noon on Friday, we found some shady campsites with minimal slope…