In East Texas, A Photo Essay

Thank you for reading this week’s In East Texas post. Hope you like the photos!

In Martin Dies Jr. State Park.

Our week started at Martin Dies Jr. State Park, on the shores of Lake Steinhagen. The lake was once the Neches River. A dam took care of that, making a large lake, and on one side of that lake you find the state park.

Butterflies worked the thistles.

In Texas, people fishing from shore in a state park do not need a fishing license. I went fishing with the spin rod, and caught the first fish of the trip on a red shad Culprit worm. It was a largemouth black bass that tipped the scales at about five ounces. It was the only bite I got.

We found some jack-in-the-pulpit.

We spent most of a day on the hiking paths. I hugged a big old loblolly pine and had a religious experience. Really.

View from a boardwalk along the trail.

Swallowtail butterflies were working thistles. I shot a couple hundred frames!

Cindy, riding Buca.

We spent most of the week on Ten Metre Circle Ranch, with our friends Ken and Cindy. They are amazing hosts! With them we visited the Houston Museum of Natural Science, the Grimes County Court House in Anderson, and Washington on the Brazos. We learned a lot about Texas history, Pompeii, and butterflies! And we learned a lot about dressage, because Cindy rides!

Cindy photographs a butterfly.

There were all kinds of exotic butterflies.

There was a sizable reptile too- an iguana.

Roman sculpture was less sophisticated than the Greek, but it wasn’t shabby, either.

Classic Rock Coffee in Navasota. Don’t get the croissants.

The interior was awesome!

Grimes County Courthouse in Anderson, a great place to visit. Ask for Al.

I was not expecting the profusion of beautiful wildflowers along the roads and in the fields, or the rolling hills. We find this part of Texas surprisingly lovely.

Bluebells, the Texas state flower.

Primrose, common along roadsides.

The east Texas version of Indian Paintbrush.

Thank you for reading this week’s In East Texas post!

Life is great and I love life!

Every day is a blessing. Don’t waste it- Go fishing! or take a trip!

John Kumiski, author of Fishing Florida by Paddle- An Angler’s Guide

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