Now the latest

Today 01/27/2013  (by the time I post this is already 01/28/2013) I rode my bike along the Riverwalk only not by the banks of the actual river walk but on streets that run along ot to avoid the pedestrian traffic that now a days is more prevalent.
I started a the trailhead on Avenue B and Josephine Street and went all the way to the Blue Star Art Complex in southtown, where I saw yet another red-shouldered hawk. Lately I have seen a number of them, first along the Salado Creek southern segment, then last week during my ride at Medina River Natural Area and now by the San Antonio River along the trail behind Brackenridge High School between Alamo street and Eagle Run. I was going through this path went Anamaria call me to get back home and go eat at Jim's and I could not resist to agree to it, but not before taking some pics of this bird of prey.
Ladies and gentlemen here is the red-shouldered hawk.

Red-shouldered hawk, January 27, 2013,
San Antonio River by the Blue Star Art Complex
 

Same hawk a little bit closer, Jan 27, 2013
Blue Star Art Complex by the San Antonio River.

 

Bike ride on Salado Creek Greenway

Ok this post is from two (now three) days ago.
I rode my bike on Salado Creek Greenway the north leg. From Tobin Trailhead on NE Loop 410 to McAllister Park and back. It was late in the day, but I started my ride with just enough time to catch the sunset from the top of the hill behind the airport between Wetmore Rd and Wurzbach Parkway (Starcrest). There is always windy and cool. I got there just in time to snap some photos of the sun setting and the moon rising. Then I had to hurry back before the night fell to avoid the closing (supposedly) of the gates at the Los Patios Restaurant which is private property and through which the trailway runs. It was a good workout pedaling fast and  I made it to Black Thunder there was just one other vehicle there about to leave since the Trailhead Park is closed from sunset to sunrise.

Sunset witnessed from hill behind the airport,
on Wurzbach Parkway. January 25, 2013 at 6:00 PM

 

 

Beautiful sunset and cumulonimbus capillatus

 

Moon seen the minute after photographing the sunset

Another look at the moon, beautiful ain't?

 

I dreamed a dream / Lead me

I dreamed a dream that eventually turned into a nightmare.

There's two songs that since I heard them a few days ago, have stayed in my mind. I feel that the words to them resonate within me, in fact I would even say that the lyrics describe parts of my life. Both are moving but while the second one is very inspiring. the first one is sad and hurting that can make cry to the toughest soul. Here they are;

                                                   I dreamed a dream from Les Miserables

There was a time when men were kind,

When their voices were soft

and their inviting.

There was a time when love was blind,

And the world was a song,

And the song was exciting.

There was a time. . .

then it all went wrong.

 

I dreamed a dream in time gone by

when hope was high

and life worth living.

I dreamed  that love would never die

I dreamed that God would be forgiving

Then I was young and unafraid,

And dreams were made and used and wasted

There was no ransom to be paid,

No song unsung, no wine untasted.

 

But the tigers come at night,

with their voices soft as thunder

As they tear your hope apart

As they turn your dreams to shame.

He slept a summer by mi side

He filled my says with endless wonder

He took my childhood in his stride

But he was gone when Autumn came.

 

And still I dreamed he'd come to me

That we would live the years together

But there are dreams that cannot be

And there are storms we cannot weather.

 

I had a dream my life would be

so different from this hell I'm living

So different now from what it seemed

Now life has killed tthe dream I dreamed.

 

 

 

Nigropetense: EL nigropetense en acción

Nigropetense: EL nigropetense en acción

Today was Medina River Natural Area Greenway

Today I decided to bike the Medina River Natural Area. After being closed off for construction and repairs I found it open. This was only my third time that I ride my bike in this area it is only 17 miles round trip but it feels like is much longer, probably due to the five switchbacks that you find along the trail. A little past Neal Rd, the trails ends abruptly like its an in-progress project. The first time I rode this route I encounter a pack of feral hogs, they got startled when I approach in my bike and quickly dispersed and I didn't have the time to get my camera out.


This green anole posed for my camera near the San Antonio river.
 

I found out today in one of the trailhead information boards that the gray fox and the cara-cara  are common to this natural area and I looked for them to take photos. But I saw a vulture up close. The thing is, for some reason I haven't been able to post any of the pics that always snap on my exploring biking trips.

Today, Salado Creek Greenway

Today I rode my bicycle on the Salado Creek Greenway. Starting at Tobin Trailhead on Loop 410 next to Los Patios heading southbound along Holbrook and ending at Petroleum Drive at IH 35. Pretty much uneventful, but always hoping to encounter a member of the coyote family that I encountered previously.

 

Biking today

I went biking today, after a hiatus of almost two weeks. I feel sore now, but good about the fact that I really enjoyed doing it. The weather cooperated and it was cool and sunny, about 56-58 F degrees. Right now is 36 cold degrees.
Still feel pain in my chest since this morning when I started my trek along South Salado Creek Greenway, starting point; Jack White Trailhead, just off Interstate Highway 35 and Seguin Rd. I like to push myself sometimes, especially when I feel that I need the exercise de most.
I made it all the way to the Southside Lions Park and Pecan Valley and back. On the way back I spotted a red-shouldered hawk, (photo below). And I should post all the pics that I take on my bicyling riding ventures.
I once saw a female coyote with two pups in the Petroleum Dr and IH 35 Southbound, but of course that day, unlike other outings, didn't have my camera with me.
So I have returned many times hoping to catch a glimpse of the elusive Wile  E. Coyote, but so far no luck.
Anyways, I will try to post as many photos of my sightings as possible here or Nigropetense blog.