As I pulled up to the courthouse, I was confused. There were flags all over as you can see (though, you can't see the Gonzales Battle Flags or the 1824 ones in this photo). I thought about it for a minute. Was here some holiday that I'm not aware of? And then I remembered. It's … Continue reading 69. Uvalde, Uvalde County →

Have you ever played a video game, probably something from the mid to late 2000's, where you're traveling from one zone to another and there's a fog at the edge of your vision obscuring how far you can see until you get into the new zone? Well, that's what this was like. Because it was … Continue reading 68. Leakey, Real County →

I was up at 3AM, on the road by 330, and pulled into town a little before sunrise. I walked. I photographed. I yawned. Good times... It was totally the GOAT! NO, not the Greatest Of All Time. I mean an actual goat. That said, I was reminded of the way that the cosmopolitan world … Continue reading 67. Rocksprings, Edwards County →

I mentioned Friday that we'd be taking a jump backward to cover the trip I took the weekend before the Mega in Seguin. But it occurred to me that, as much as I hesitate to believe it, there are people in the world who don't read about my exploits all the time and might have … Continue reading Let’s Step Into The Wayback Machine… →

This is the place where I consider the just finished trip and consider what I did wrong and what I can do better for the next one. Thing is, I honestly can't think of anything I did wrong. In fact, other than a short detour between Port Lavaca and Edna caused by road work, the … Continue reading Lessons? Not Really, I Think… →

As someone who went to the University of Texas and is of a certain age, this felt like being a pilgrim in an unholy land. You see, Bryan is merged with College Station, home of Texas A&M. Longhorns and Aggies were rivals of old. Their football rivalry was once one of the biggest and bitterest … Continue reading 87. Bryan, Brazos County →

I honestly didn't expect for skateboarding to be that big of a deal out here of all places. But I guess small town America is the same no matter where you go. The simple fact that I can sometimes forget the very towns I've documented backs that up sort of. Each one is the same … Continue reading 86. Madisonville, Madison County →

Grab a snack or perhaps a refreshing drink. Because I'm about to have some things to say here... Anderson is tiny. We're talking Paint Rock tiny. It's possible that Anderson is tinier than Paint Rock, but only one of these has become synonymous with the very concept of a tiny town in my mind (a … Continue reading 85. Anderson, Grimes County →

So one thing I'm starting to come away from on this trip is that, though every courthouse seems pretty much the same (as I've mentioned before, they're starting to blend together for me), every one is different in its own way. So here we have another one that looks like the WPA was involved with … Continue reading 84. Hempstead, Waller County →

This one made me sad, but not for the reason you think. I had been avoiding it for a long time because I really wanted to do the Brenham Geotour. Had I not had my accident, I would have done it in late October/early November. Imagine my surprise to find out that it's no longer … Continue reading 83. Brenham, Washington County →