Summer Boxing

Summer in Houston is hot, and the boxing is of the short-hike variety only. That said, we haven't actually gotten out to find that many, as so far our summer has been relatively busy with a few camps and some other activities. The photo above was taken at Palmetto State Park, which is a lovely diversion near Gonzales, Texas. We found Boots Tex's fabulous box Ram I Am, which is on the short nature trail. The park looks like a Jurassic wonderland, as it is dominated by these large palmettos, the kind you see in South Carolina. Unfortunately, the box by Lone Star Quilter in the same park was missing, but it was still a fun (not too long) little walk. We were on our way back from a weekend in Wimberley.

My sister has moved to Austin, so we're looking forward to having the opportunity to find a lot more boxes in the Central Texas area.

Right now, most of our energy is going towards planning the Great Chile Cheeseburger Tour '08, otherwise known as our summer vacation to New Mexico and Colorado. We hit the road soon, and hopefully will provide updates as we go.

For old time's sake, here's a mushroom picture. As I was explaining to the folks in the mushroom hunters' postal ring (a small and very enjoyable postal ring I'm in right now), we don't hunt fungi like the rest of them. We don't eat the mushrooms, we just photograph them. We're the birders of the mushroom world, always trying to increase our life lists.