{"id":676,"date":"2008-12-07T16:50:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-07T16:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/orthodixie\/2008\/12\/colors-mountains-in-texas.html"},"modified":"2008-12-07T16:50:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-07T16:50:00","slug":"colors-mountains-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/orthodixie\/2008\/12\/colors-mountains-in-texas.html","title":{"rendered":"Colors & Mountains in … Texas?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

T<\/span><\/span>hanksgiving break provided for some family camping at Garner State Park<\/a> near Utopia, Texas, with a side trip to Lost Maples State Natural Area<\/a>. Though not quite Appalachia, it\u2019s a far cry from Houston \u2014<\/p>\n

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Boy likes to lead \u2026<\/p>\n

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Cameraman lags behind \u2026<\/p>\n

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You want colors? Get a load of them shirts!<\/p>\n

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Not bad \u2026 not bad a\u2019tall.<\/p>\n

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Baby Girl follows the leader \u2026<\/p>\n

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We were about a week or so beyond peak color \u2026<\/p>\n

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\u201cI remember that old Frio River<\/span> where I learned to swim.
And it brings to mind another time where I wore my welcome thin.
My transcendental meditation, I go there each night,
But I always come back to myself long before daylight.\u201d \u2014 George Strait<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Frio was accessible, just behind our camp sight, down a steep grade.<\/p>\n

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Frio\u2019s hills silhouetted at sunset.<\/p>\n

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Old Baldy.<\/p>\n

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Old Baldy from one of the peaks (2,200 feet).<\/p>\n

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My kids referred to these as \u201chills\u201d till they had to climb them.<\/p>\n

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Blue skies are, even in Houston, typical \u2026<\/p>\n

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\u2026 as is scraggly.<\/p>\n

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Hiking around the parks I couldn\u2019t help but remember all those cowboy movies I watched while growing up.<\/p>\n

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Looking down into Crystal Cave \u2026<\/p>\n

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Yikes!<\/span> (Wait \u2026 that\u2019s not Crystal Cave!)<\/p>\n

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Aha! There\u2019s Crystal Cave\u2019s uvula now \u2026<\/p>\n

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Boy and I ascended from the darkness \u2026 fully expecting a scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark.<\/p>\n

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But, normally Texas acts normally.<\/p>\n

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Baby Girl making a list of all the things for which she\u2019s thankful, Thanksgiving day.<\/p>\n

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The kids had dubbed this rock formation \u201cKing Takatoka\u201d \u2014 bested here by Master B.<\/p>\n

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These two were dubbed by the Camerman \u201cLewis & Clark.\u201d<\/p>\n

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From mine to yours \u2013 Ta-ta for now!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thanksgiving break provided for some family camping at Garner State Park near Utopia, Texas, with a side trip to Lost Maples State Natural Area. Though not quite Appalachia, it\u2019s a far cry from Houston \u2014 Boy likes to lead \u2026 Cameraman lags behind \u2026 You want colors? Get a load of them shirts! Not bad […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1691,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nColors & Mountains in ... Texas?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Thanksgiving break provided for some family camping at Garner State Park near Utopia, Texas, with a side trip to Lost Maples State Natural Area. 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