by Susan | Feb 11, 2023 | history, nature, San Antonio insider, Sightseeing
One of the American Volkssport Association’s Special Programs is “Take a Walk in a City Park.” During the Texas Trail Roundup, you will do that. And do it again, and again, putting you on track to fill up the 20 walks required to earn the cool patch....
by Susan | Feb 8, 2019 | nature, San Antonio insider
Last year’s Texas Trail Roundup missed the grand opening of Confluence Park by two weeks.. This is your chance to see this amazing park that just won one of the architecture industry’s highest honors, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Institute Honor...
by Susan | Jan 21, 2019 | art, Japanese Tea Garden Walk, nature, San Antonio insider, Sightseeing
After the Texas Trail Roundup Sunday walk someone asked us about San Antonio’s “Frog Bridge.” Actually, it’s a TOAD bridge (although everyone calls it the frog bridge. Goes to show what we know.) The city commissioned ceramicist Diana Kersey to...
by Susan | Dec 4, 2017 | nature, San Antonio insider, Sightseeing
After the Texas Trail Roundup a few walkers mentioned that parts of the Mission Reach of the Riverwalk — Saturday’s walk — were a little trashy. Oh, the embarrassment! Just the Saturday before, the city had hosted its annual “Basura Bash...
by Susan | Jun 26, 2017 | nature, San Antonio insider
In March, Monarch butterflies leave their winter home in Mexico and head north, some as far as Canada. Many of them stop over in San Antonio to lay their eggs, which become caterpillars and eventually turn into baby Monarchs, which are the butterflies that eventually...
by Susan | Jan 18, 2017 | nature, San Antonio insider, Sightseeing
We picked the end of February for the Texas Trail Roundup because we typically have shorts-and-T-Shirt weather while the rest of the country is bundled up in boots and parkas. It’s also the closing days of the world famous Stock Show and Rodeo. But, dang it!...
