Grand Canyon – the “Death March” hike
Previous post: Grand Canyon – Elves Chasm and other waterfalls April 13 Since some of us wanted to do a long hike, Walker (with suggestions from Mike, who had lots of experience in the...
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Grand Canyon – Elves Chasm and other Waterfalls
Previous Post: Grand Canyon – Bright Angel Trail April 12 It is hard to describe sleeping and waking up on the banks of the Colorado River inside the Grand Canyon. I awoke a couple...
Grand Canyon – Bright Angel Trail
Previous Post: Grand Canyon – The Start Grand Canyon App in the Apple App Store April 11 It was 13-17 degrees in the morning, causing the snow at the top of Bright Angel Trail...
Grand Canyon – The Start
Temperatures at 13 degrees at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon; Ice on the trail, forcing us to wear “yak tracks” on our shoes; A?9 mile hike down to the Colorado Riveriver; 100...
Review of The King of Plagues by Jonathan Maberry at SFSignal
My review of Jonathan Mayberry’s 3rd Joe Ledger book, The King of Plagues, has been posted on SFSignal.com. If you haven’t read the books, I strongly suggest reading them from the beginning; they are...
Texas and the Mexican War by Charles M. Robinson III
In between the Texas Revolution (1835-36) and the U.S. Civil War (1861-65), there was the war between the United States and Mexico (1846-1847). The United States fought a war with Mexico for several reasons: annexation of...
TIR 2011: The End is only The Beginning
The fourth running of the Texas Independence Relay is in the books, as is the first participation of the mighty Most Likely to Secede team (for background on the TIR, see their website and...
Review of Radio Archives “The Adventures of Doc Savage” at SFSignal.com
Continuing my series documenting a time wasting obsession with Doc Savage at SFSignal.com, today’s entry features a review of Radio Archives 8 CD collection of radio theater. The collection has two Doc Savage stories,...
Rockets punt season, time to watch Hockey
GO SHARKS! When the Rockets lost to the Western Conference worst Minnesota Timberwolves at home a few games before the All-Star break, it isn’t hard to imagine Les Alexander and the powers that be...
Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage
Before I “discovered” Rush, before DVDs like Beyond the Lighted Stage were even a thing, my brother, sister and I were in high school in San Antonio. Growing up in San Antonio in the...