Even in the midst of a big city, you can find wonderful places that remind you that concrete, glass, and steel aren’t all there is to the human condition. In my own experience, possibly the best example is Central Park in New York, which is a surprisingly organic place to find in the heart of such a metropolis. I just wish I’d had a chance to see more of that city and park personally while I was stuck up there in the Northeast back in the last decade.
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In Part I of this exciting episode, I introduced you to my favorite state park: Dinosaur Valley, which is located just outside the town of Glen Rose, fifty miles southwest of the DFW metroplex. Not only can you camp, hike, and ride horses here, you can also enjoy the current wildlife, and look for traces of wildlife more than 100 million years dead — the dinosaurs of the park’s name. The park offers three specific areas where you can view dinosaur tracks impressed in the mudstone eroding out of the riverbed. It costs $5 each for adults over 12 to get in; kids are free.
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Today, folks, I’m going to talk to you about the bluebonnet. And no, I don’t mean the famous brand of margarine, though I admit, I’m a little partial to it — it does taste better than most brands of not-butter. Nay, the bluebonnet I prefer to wax lyrical about is not a tub of processed animal fat, but rather the state flower of Texas. While bluebonnets grow here and there all over the state, they’re especially common in Central Texas, of which my neck of the woods is considered the far northern part.
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