At the urging of his close friends, my great-grandfather, Roy Bedichek, wrote a book in 1946 at the ripe age of 68. In it, he turned 30 years of notes about nature and birds, in particular, into a conversational guide to the natural world for the average person. He said he wanted to "inspire more experimentation with nature as a pasttime...by telling my readers what I see, to move them to look in the same direction...to encourage others to undertake similar adventures." 

It turned out to be pretty popular. His musings, reflections, enthusiasm & wonderment of the natural world around him accomplished what he had hoped. He inspired folks -- and his writing inspires me, today. I want to look at the world through his eyes. He had a child-like wonder and a realist's view of the changing world and landscape. From cotton production to factory farming, he witnessed and documented the massive changes that occurred from his childhood to his senior years.

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I traveled some of the terrain he traveled years ago. I stood where he stood and looked where he looked.

I took an ADVENTURE WITH A TEXAS NATURALIST and it was awesome! There will be others to come!