San Marcos, And More From The Nature

More stabs at photographing nature, yes.

The price you pay for all this lush vegetation is a hot and humid environment, in which you sweat and sweat and never stop feeling sticky.

I had lots of fun with the zoom lens.

This really is a very pretty area!

Lubbock is not like this.

It took me a long time to get used to life in a flat, featureless, semi-desert-- a place of climate extremes.

I kind of like the high plains now. I appreciate the low humidity. The extreme climate is interesting.

It is tolerable to visit areas like this, but I could never be comfortable living in this part of Texas.
So hot! So humid! No winter to speak of! Very limited horizons! One feels confined.

And there is the end of nature! Next, we travel to a Commemorative Air Force exhibit of vintage aircraft. Still in San Marcos.

Continuing San Marcos, With Google Chrome...

So, we are in the city and have examined the Texas State University campus.

Now we are checking out some of the residences near the campus.

 Deer are everywhere!

Lots of big, old, houses, too.

It's good to see houses like this well-maintained, some obviously restored. 

We are about to see some nature photography. That's sort of a new thing for me, but I had the Nikon D200 and a nice zoom lens with image stabilization, so I thought I would give it a try. 

 I zoomed in on this.

 This is a glass-bottom boat left over from Aquarina Springs. These boats are still in use.

I zoomed in on this scuba class. We were not this close.

So, nature! More of this next time...

In San Marcos, Texas

Pretty close right now, and about to BE there...

Here, we are actually entering. By the way, I am trying my "refreshed" Firefox.

See all the construction? 

Now we are truly in San Marcos. It is very hilly!

And here is the verdict on "refreshed" Firefox: it is still a resource hog and still slow. So I'll switch to Google Chrome and finish this update with a far better browser.