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Never Get Steak at a Seafood Place

I’ve been to Jimmy Wilson’s AKA Denis’ Wilson’s (but actually named Jimmy Wilson’s Seafood & Chop House) several times. I’ve had some great seafood there - lovely crab cakes, tasty spinach-artichoke dip, etc. Saturday night we headed out for dinner, and my girlfriend wanted some Shrimp Etoufee. I wanted a bit of steak - but […]

Dinosaur Valley err River State Park

Driving 4 hours to go camping is about my limit most weekends. But there was a special event friday, so we cancelled camping and got up at the butt-crack of dawn and drove straight to Glen Rose, TX, home of Dinosaur Valley State Park. I had proclaimed it the Dinosaur Park - and the munchkin […]

It’s Pedernales, not Perdenales

A weekend trip to Pedernales Falls State Park last weekend started off with an argument. You see, I’ve been in Texas my whole life, and I’ve always called it Perdenales. It’s that beautiful state park just out 290 west of Austin. Dogding deer at 10:30pm at 60mph is always fun, but try doing that while […]