Pioneer Flight Museum's Wings and Wheels Fly In

My friend, Jim, told me about this fly in last Saturday (May 7th, 2022) put on by the Pioneer Flight Museum at the Old Kingsbury Aerodrome outside the town of Killbury, TX.

One unusual thing they had was some areial cameras used for reconnaissance and a gun camera from a Spitfire.

Here is a random selection of some of the car photogrphs and plane photographs I took and this link will take you to the entire set.

Willow City Loop

Last Tuesday, the 26th of April 2022, I decided to go for a small walkabout. I drove up to Austin to dig into my storage and get my camping equipment. Then I headed west towards a route that an AA buddy had discovered a year ago. It is called Willow City Loop. This map will give you an idea of where it is at and the length of it.

But before I got there, I spent the night at Black Rock Park on Lake Buchanan. I got there after dark and I've not been camping in many years. It was a struggle to set up my bivy. What should have taken 5 minutes took me probably a half hour. Part of the reason is the bivy has degraded over time. I think I'm going to replace it. It is shedding its GoreTex lining and is sticky. In any case, I finally bedded down and woke around 6 a.m. to birds singing. I'm guessing it was these fellows: Scissor Tail Flycatchers but it was too dark to see when I first got up.

The park had water on about 270º. It had some quant little cabins:

Eventually I headed off for my destination. But along the way, I got slowed down for some road construction. As I passed through, I noticed a great looking train bridge. It seems the track has been abandoned. Here are some photos of the bridge:

Being a Smith boy... I got chased off by the road crew supervisor -- so I'm living right still!!! Eventually I got to my destination of Willow City Loop. It turns out to be almost a private driveway. It is wide enough for two cars except for the low water crossings. And it is open ranch land so the cows are out and about grazing. I didn't see any flowers which was my original quest but it is a wonderful drive. These pictures really don't do it justice.

These folks waved as I passed by:

On the way back home, I stopped and took this picture of the Old Blanco County Courthouse. It was one of my first real attempts at using my new TS-E24mm tilt shift lens. Fun toys!!!

Test Flight of my new DJI Mavic 3 Cine drone

 

Historic Gruene Texas

 I'm staying at my son's currently in New Braunfels.  It is just down the road from historic Gruene Texas.  These are just a few of the photos.  Most of HDR and one is a stack to get the depth of field I wanted.

Enjoy!

Bighorn Canyon

My brother and I took off from his cabin in MT on the 29th and didn't really see much.  It was raining a lot.  We got to Lovell, WI and stayed in a flee bag hotel.  Woke up early the next day, the 30th, and drove to Bighorn Canyon which is back in MT.  These are my five best photos of the canyon.

 

Guadalupe River

Drone footage flying up the Guadalupe River at River Road near New Braunfels

Faust Street Bridge

I got back to my son's place in New Braunfels November 2nd but then got COVID for I've been mending the past few weeks. I have lots to share with the trip back south but for now, this is a project that I've sorta worked on the past few days. Hope you enjoy it.