“I’d like to take a walk far back in the flinty hills and search for a souvenir, an old double-bitted ax stuck deep in the side of a white oak tree. I know the handle has long since rotted away with time. Perhaps the rusty frame of a coal-oil lantern still hangs there on the …
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Beaver at Trinity River Wetlands Miller’s Ferry near sunset Tucked away in a desolate remote and forgotten part of Dallas resides a family of beavers. That’s how most of my posts seem to start. Not so this time! Did not have to travel into one of the remote parts of the woods to find this. …
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Great Blue Herons in fog at Trinity River Wetlands October 30, 2011 Trinity River at dawn in Joppa Preserve The last weekend in October proved to be a great time to visit the Great Trinity Forest in South Dallas. With the slow change of seasons from summer to fall complete, coupled with some recent rain …
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Santa Fe Trestle Trail as viewed from the Oak Cliff approach on the Trinity River Santa Fe Trestle Trail October 2011 Looks like the Santa Fe Trestle over the Trinity River is in the final stages of completion. Finally. Seems long overdue. The concrete work looks finished for all practical purposes. Other than a couple …
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Bobcat (Lynx Rufus) in the City of Dallas on the Trinity River October 23, 2011 What, courage man. What though care killed a cat, thou hast mettle enough in thee to kill care.-William ShakespeareMuch Ado About Nothing Curiosity kills cats to paraphrase Will Shakespeare. Not the particular bobcat featured in this post but the cat …
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Family Pack of Trinity River Coyotes near Great Trinity Forest Trail October 15, 2011 I imagine if we could crawl inside Governor Rick Perry’s head at night and see his deepest and darkest nightmares it would look something like the photos and video in this post! A pack of coyotes on a bike/jogging/nature trail. His …
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Joppa residents at Trinity River Wetland Cells September 2011 With summer in the rear view mirror maybe now would be a good time to see what impact the historic Texas drought of 2011 had on the Great Trinity Forest. The summer of 2011 broke over a dozen long standing records in Dallas. Most 100 degree …
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Whitetail fawn Great Trinity Forest, McCommas Bluff September 2011 Feral hogs. Al-Qaeda on four legs. The Great Trinity Forest grows them big. Some weigh more than Dallas Cowboys offensive linemen. With an unlimited food supply, water, shelter and freedom from hunters the pigs for better lack of a term can go hog wild within the …
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Airborne Horse For over a century, Simpson Stuart Road has quietly disappeared into the riverbottoms of the Trinity River. Making a transition from concrete to asphalt to gravel to dirt to pecan covered forest floor in under a mile. The loud traffic of jake braking 18 wheelers carrying their burden to the McCommas Bluff Landfill …
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Coombs Creek Trail along Kessler Parkway The handful of times I have ridden this trail it seems I am shadowed by house gawkers driving up Kessler Parkway in their vehicles at 10 mph looking at the homes that line the street. Time to get out of your cars and hit the trail. Part of the …
Running through the heart of Dallas at 30 feet high and over 24 miles in length, the Trinity River levees in Dallas have a combined 40 miles of dirt access roads open to the public. An additional 9 miles of soft surface trail are currently under construction inside the levees. The end goal is to …
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Bridging the Trinity River at the end of the Central Dallas floodway, the old Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Trestle is being retrofitted into a hike and bike path. Below are some recent photos from August 2011 showing the most recent construction progress. The Oak Cliff (south) side of the path is largely complete. …
