January 2014

White Rock Lake

One of my goals of this blog is to help us keep track of the many things we see and do while experiencing this great adventure.  We had two outings in January, despite the cold weather.

The girls keeping eyes on Lane

White Rock Lake is just a few minutes drive from our apartment.  We packed up the girls and a lunch one day and went there for a pic-nic lunch outing.  It was pretty cold but we spread out on the grass in some good sunshine so it was not too bad.  The girls had a really good time.  We did too.  I think that nature is just as beautiful in the winter as any other time of year.

The girls can't stand to be separated from Lane.

Later in the month we spent a nice day at the Dallas Arboretum.   It is on the far side of White Rock Lake from where we had our pic-nic lunch.

Again it was a little cool that day, but we did not let that spoil our fun.  I was a little hesitant to go that day because I thought that since it was the dead of winter there would not be anything worth seeing there.  Boy was I wrong.  I have long ago learned to trust Lane's judgement in such matters.

We certainly were not the only visitors that day either.

We promised ourselves we would return here again in the spring or summer to see everything when it is in full bloom.  But it still was pretty.  This was a beautiful walkway through rows of crepe myrtle.

And there was still some nice color to be seen.

A hard working, dedicated Travel Nurse with her highly trained House-Boy enjoying their first visit to the Dallas Arboretum.









More to follow...




"You can't explore it if you haven't ever been there."

Brian Hallman