The Unique Ceramic Trail Markers in Brackenridge Park

by RoadRunner | Feb 25, 2020 | art, Japanese Tea Garden Walk, nature, San Antonio insider

You may have noticed the unusual trail markers in Brackenridge Park. The eastern part of the park has four wooded trails, each about a mile long. The  markers at the trailheads are by Susan Budge, who at the time of the trail markers’ creation in 2006 was the...

May 8: World Walking Day at Crownridge Canyon Natural Area

by RoadRunner | Apr 26, 2019 | fitness, nature, San Antonio insider

Every year on May 8 the IVV — our parent organization, the International Federation of Popular Sport — hosts World Walking Day. On that day, or sometime during that week, people all over the world celebrate the fun, fitness and friendship that we get from simply...

The Sssssssnakes of San Antonio

by RoadRunner | Feb 15, 2019 | nature, San Antonio insider

For some odd reason when non-Texans talk to us about walking in the Lone Star State they look worried and ask about snakes. Texas isn’t snakier than other parts of the United States. It must be all those Western movies that feature an obligatory rattlesnake. So,...

Take a Walk in a City Park

by RoadRunner | Feb 11, 2019 | history, nature, San Antonio insider, Sightseeing

One of the American Volkssport Association’s Special Programs is “Take a Walk in a City Park.” During the Texas Trail Roundup, you will do that. And do it again, and again, putting you on track to fill up the 20 walks required to earn the cool patch....

Bird Invasion!

by RoadRunner | Feb 10, 2019 | nature, San Antonio insider

In the fall and winter, at dusk and into the night, the trees and utility wires of San Antonio are covered in birds. Squawking, raucous, big black birds, straight from a Hitchcock movie. They are Quiscalus Mexicanus, called el Zanate in Mexico, where they originate....

Stop by the Award-Winning Confluence Park

by RoadRunner | Feb 8, 2019 | nature, San Antonio insider

Last year’s Texas Trail Roundup missed the grand opening of Confluence Park by two weeks.. This is your chance to see this amazing park that just won one of the architecture industry’s highest honors, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Institute Honor...