Category Archives: Travel

You gotta be off to see the wizard….

Posted on 19 Dec 15 by rcmckee

On the way to Goliad as soon as I log off here, to see Los Pastorales – a reproduction of an old play/performance the monks at Mission Espiritu Santo and the other early Spanish Missions used to teach the Christmas … Continue reading →

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29.78374N, 95.39728w

Posted on 20 Nov 15 by rcmckee

So yesterday afternoon the editor-beings dispatched me to the Heights to see a Citzen about a Constable. As happens I was up in the Heights one afternoon earlier this week and the traffic then had been similar to the mall … Continue reading →

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32.76092N; 97.23616W

Posted on 07 Nov 15 by rcmckee

Running a little late here on the posting…. Back in early October I ran back up to Fort Worth to do Mom Stuff again. While I was there I got the chance to duck out and see a couple of … Continue reading →

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29.71529 N, 95.47829 W — Burnett-Bayland Park

Posted on 24 May 15 by rcmckee

GULFTON — There are days when making a living as a photojournalist doesn’t seem like the best idea I ever had. Last Saturday wasn’t one of them. Newspaper work , at its best, can be interesting and far from routine. … Continue reading →

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29.697 N, 95.529 W

Posted on 22 Apr 15 by rcmckee

One of the most interesting things about Houston is the huge variety of cultures and peoples who’ve come together to create this melange we have… When I go collect my daily bread, every few days, I walk past the True … Continue reading →

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Cooling my heels… and other body parts, too….

Posted on 23 Feb 15 by rcmckee

Been camped in Mom’s back room for a few days doing the stuff you do when your elders get elderlier, and woke up this morning to find Fort Worth gone all winter wonderland and whatnot…. That’s not actually snow, it’s … Continue reading →

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Onward, into the fog….

Posted on 01 Jan 15 by rcmckee

Last week I was wandering around at Bastrop, looking at fire damage and getting depressed. Then I found these guys, and they reminded me that there’s nothing to be sad about. It’s just the Wheel turning. Sometimes you’re on top … Continue reading →

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Get Lost!!! (N29.76223, W95.56478)

Posted on 05 Dec 14 by rcmckee

Found myself wrestling with a bad case of cabin fever yesterday afternoon. Lots to do, as always, but the only thing I really felt like doing was throwing on a pack, grabbing a camera bag and my staff, and hitting … Continue reading →

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Beautiful Belle…

Posted on 17 Aug 14 by rcmckee

Little-known and totally useless aviation factoid: I have a great liking for the old Douglas DC-3, the “Gooney Bird.” (I actually have a great liking for almost ANY old machine that just keeps going and going and going, year in … Continue reading →

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Esplanade Escapades (29.75741N, 95.34261W)

Posted on 10 Aug 14 by rcmckee

Last night was fairly quiet, even for Saturday night, and I just couldn’t find the lede for the next part of the NASA set (It’ll get there. It just wasn’t falling into place right then….) so I climbed into Andromeda … Continue reading →

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