2021 here we come!

We decided to take a road trip over the holidays. I've always wanted to go to Big Bend National Park in Texas. On our way we checked out the American Banjo Museum in Oklahoma City. You've never seen so many banjos under one roof! The banjo was created by enslaved Africans in Colonial America and the Caribbean. All kinds of music are made by them including African roots and folk, jazz, bluegrass, and folk music. I play me some clawhammer and bluegrass banjo. 

A ubiquitous oil pump on the Texan landscape! 

Big Bend National Park - in addition to being beautiful, it was sunny and 75 degrees!

Santa Elena Canyon was cut by the Rio Grande forming the border between the US (on the right) and Mexico (on the left).

Kayakers on the Rio Grande

Not much social distancing at this country bar in Alpine. It was open mic night. We had a ball and crossed our fingers, eyes, and toes that we'd stay healthy (and we did).

Sign at the entrance to a restaurant in Austin, TX.

We came home a few days early to beat the January 1st ice storm.  It was pretty, but we worried about the trees!

Humiston Woods hike along the Vermillion River.