High Water Mark

Alongside visiting the ‘important, touristy’ things in a city, I like discovering things that are not listed on tripadvisor and … More

Marshland by Gaia

I know we’ve just driven to Austin, but I would like to bring you back to Houston briefly to tell … More

Houston and Austin are about 2.5 to 3 hours drive apart. Both are worthwhile destinations. I think for that very … More

Houston calls itself the City of Bayous and one of these bayous, the Buffalo Bayou snakes its way westwards through … More

One of the more curious places in Houston to celebrate Halloween has to be the National Museum of Funeral History. … More

A visit to Houston is not complete without a visit to NASA at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Centre. Unfortunately, … More

The road from Ottawa to Starved Rock State Park passes through Utica, home of the Illinois River Winery. I had not expected … More

I experienced and wrote this a while ago to be posted when I have a lull in travel tales to … More

When walking around Ottawa, I was surprised to find lots of murals on the sides and fronts of shops. They … More

The Starved Rock State Park is along the Illinois River and was named for a rather gruesome chapter of Native … More