Nick and Betty Alvarado cruised to Europe in March 2022, and visited the beautiful seaside city of Portofino, Italy. We reached the city by a small boat, as the use of cars in the town is extremely limited. We took a narrow trail above the city for these shots. Sorry, but we’re not too good…
Peggy Crandell If you have not visited our new county administrative courthouse, you must set aside some time and do so. You will be impressed with this new addition to our community. On a lovely day in early spring, after enjoying lunch at The Great Egg, 23 Rockin’ Red Ranchers headed over to the new…
Vicki Baker (Contributors: Richard Kushmaul and Scott Baker) A simple question was posed: “What would Denton be like if everyone picked up at least one piece of litter?” The city challenged its residents to do just that as part of the “Great American Cleanup” campaign, the country’s largest community-based improvement program. Denton, one of more…
Jo Ann Evans On April 11 Genealogy Club Board member and professional genealogist Emily Richardson presented an excellent workshop for beginners called Discovering FamilySearch. FamilySearch, a free website, now offers more than 14.3 billion searchable names and images of historical records from ancestral homelands all over the globe. Yes, you read that right—14.3 billion—and that…
Stan Brein Every ride is a great ride, but spring rides are special. We’ll let the pictures do the talking, for the most part. The Big Bend Extravaganza was March 26 to April 1. Starting at the Lajitas Resort, the trip included Santa Elena Canyon and Chisos Mountain (Big Bend), the Ghost Town of Terlingua,…
Michele Rawleigh For many, 2021 was a rough year. That was also the case for the Denton area’s ash trees. The extended freeze during Winter Storm Uri in February 2021 caused considerable damage or outright killed several trees, including ashes. Furthermore, ashes are now also battling a killer beetle, the emerald ash borer. This 1-2…