Road Trips – Page 10 – Skelton Sketches

Texas!

Posted on November 29, 2013April 28, 2017 by lindaskelton

One never knows the wonder-ful things one may see on a trip to TEXAS!

This was of course the main feature…

And of course one can’t visit Texas without a visit to the Alamo!

And the San Antonio River Walk…

And the Capitol…

Then there is the flora and fauna…

What? HUH?!

Ah, yes–the famed Cabela’s outdoor store with a taste of Africa…

One never knows the sights they’ll see in such a grand ‘country’–

where the natives are friendly and the language barrier easily overcome!

–LS

Awaiting the harvest…

Posted on September 5, 2013April 28, 2017 by lindaskelton

The prairies are beautiful at this time of year as they await harvest…

Blue skies and billowing cotton balls of cloud float overhead…

Amber waves of grain swell to the horizon…

Prairie roads stretch lazily on a Sunday’s afternoon…

Just a couple more weeks of precious heat and the grain will be dried to perfection. In the meantime the scent of sun-warmed hay and grain is heady.

And I sit with my last-born talking of what’s to come.

She will be wafted away shortly to the next stage of maturing.

The harvest is being made ready, and in the meantime it is beautiful.

–LS

“He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness.” II Cor.9:10

All in a Day’s Drive

Posted on April 3, 2013April 28, 2017 by lindaskelton

We rose early for the trip from the still barren prairies, back to the coast. The snow is beaten and beginning to recede..

It’s a beautiful day for driving…

This wayside water lies so still we had to stop for pictures…

There were few just a few other stops…

a lot of curves,

… a lot of miles (625 of them)

and suddenly we were on the coastal side of the range and heading down a soft spring world…Green!!!

Not a sprig of green is yet to be seen on the prairies, but here is another story…

A grand new bridge boasts 8 lanes to ease traffic remarkably and we have reached the coast!

The blossoms have begun in our absence…

But alas, tomorrow I fly to the land of igloos (not!) and sled dogs, and the land of the midnight sun…

Till then, must catch some shut-eye!

–LS