Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/03/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Don, Well seen and composed! Barney Barney Quinn, WK3Z C: (301) 775-1386 H: (301) 654-0938 > On Mar 12, 2018, at 4:29 AM, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > > We were in Austin taking a trip to one of the state parks when I saw this > scene. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/meditation+on+the+sand+bar.jpg.html > > Just a bit of history, because Texas came into the U.S. as a country there > is almost no national land as it was all state owned. Hence, a lot of > wonderful state parks just about everywhere in the state. Another point; > because Texas was formerly a Spanish land the "king" owned the land around > the sea shore and major water ways. This was brought forward largely > intact when Texas became a country. So, a lot of coastline and borders to > waterways is still state owned and protected in parks. > > All the best. > > -- > Don > don.dory at gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information