Mural facing railroad tracks in downtown San Marcos, Texas

Mural in downtown San Marcos, Texas.
Mural in downtown San Marcos, Texas.
A block-long building that houses a couple of San Marcos businesses including a fried chicken restaurant and a pizza place is also the home of a very long mural.

The mural is the work of Andrey Kravtsov. It includes images that relate to the city, the state and to nearby Texas State University.

The building is on East Martin Luther King Drive between South LBJ Drive and S Guadalupe Street. The mural is on the back side.

The San Marcos city website had more here:
New Mural Welcomes Downtown San Marcos Visitors

Mural in downtown San Marcos, Texas.
Mural in downtown San Marcos, Texas.

Pubic art on Austin’s east side

Mural at historic Blackshear Elementary School on 11th Street on the east side of Austin, Texas.
Mural at historic Blackshear Elementary School on 11th Street on the east side of Austin, Texas.
I spent part of a recent morning looking for some of the murals and other public art on the east side of Austin, Texas.

All of the art work here is on or south of 11th street and east of Interstate 35.

Public art on the east side of Austin, Texas.
Public art on the east side of Austin, Texas, celebrates the city’s musical heritage.

We Rise mural on Austin’s east side

We Rise mural on Austin's east side.
We Rise mural on Austin’s east side.
Austin has plenty of public art – especially on the east side.

The “We Rise” mural on the corner of 12th Street and Chicon is one of the best known.

Images within the mural include Selena, Jimi Hendrix, Biggie Smalls, James Brown, Tupac Shakur, Prince and many others.

– story about We Rise mural on e4youth.org

We Rise mural on Austin's east side.
We Rise mural on Austin’s east side.

Brother Dave and the Barrio Blasters at Sanchos in San Antonio

Brother Dave and the Barrio Blasters at Sancho's Cantina in San Antonio on Saturday, June 14, 2025. - photo by Joe Alexander
Brother Dave and the Barrio Blasters at Sancho’s Cantina in San Antonio on Saturday, June 14, 2025. – photo by Joe Alexander
Brother Dave and the Barrio Blasters brought their combination of rock, blues and Texas funk to Sancho’s Cantina near downtown San Antonio on Saturday.

Flying out of Bozeman, Montana

A plane takes off from Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport in Montana. - photo by Joe Alexander
A plane takes off from Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport in Montana. – photo by Joe Alexander
My hotel was about a mile from the Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport.

The afternoon before I headed home, I was killing time at the hotel as I saw a plane that had just taken off was ascending to the east with the mountains in the background.

About 24 hours later, I would be making a similar departure.

A plane takes off from Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport in Montana. - photo by Joe Alexander
A plane takes off from Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport in Montana.

A plane takes off from Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport in Montana. - photo by Joe Alexander
A plane takes off from Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport in Montana.

The day I headed home, I ended up spending a few extra hours at the airport due to airline issues. (That’s a whole other story). So naturally I took a few more photos. Fortunately, the concourse has lot of really big windows.

You can see the Bridger Range as you look to the north. Those are the mountains in the background as the planes take off. To the south and southeast is the Gallatin Range. Both the mountains to the north and south of Bozeman are part of a cluster of six mountain ranges that make up the Gallatin National Forest

The mountains of the Bridger Range, part of the Gallatin National Forest, as seen from Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport. - photo by Joe Alexander
The mountains of the Bridger Range, part of the Gallatin National Forest, as seen from Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport.

The mountains of the Bridger Range, part of the Gallatin National Forest, as seen from Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport. - photo by Joe Alexander
The mountains of the Bridger Range, part of the Gallatin National Forest, as seen from Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport.
The mountains of the Bridger Range, part of the Gallatin National Forest, as seen from Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport.
The mountains of the Bridger Range, part of the Gallatin National Forest, as seen from Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport. - photo by Joe Alexander
I believe this is the Gallatin Range, as seen from Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport.

Lake Coeur D’Alene in Idaho

Lake Coeur D'Alene, Idaho in the late afternoon in May. - photo by Joe Alexander
Lake Coeur D’Alene, Idaho in the late afternoon in May. – photo by Joe Alexander
I spent part of an afternoon along the edge of Lake Coeur D’Alene that is near the downtown.

I didn’t have a perfect angle to photograph the sunset on the water, but it was a pretty place that was an easy walk from the downtown shops and restaurants.

I was here is the third week of May, but I have a feeling this could be a pretty happening area in the summer.

As a sidenote, I don’t think I have ever seen as many T-shirts and other swag with Bigfoot on them as I did in the shops in Coeur D’Alene. He seems to be very popular (or at least profitable) here.

This friendly looking moose wasn't right on the lakefront in Coeur D'Alene, Idaho, but he was only about a block away and looked like he wanted his picture taken. - photo by Joe Alexander
This friendly looking moose wasn’t right on the lakefront in Coeur D’Alene, Idaho, but he was only about a block away and looked like he wanted his picture taken.

Mural in downtown Coeur D’Alene, Idaho

Outdoor mural in downtown Coeur D'Alene, Idaho.
Outdoor mural in downtown Coeur D’Alene, Idaho.
I was wandering around Coeur D’Alene, Idaho, after I had walked over to the lakefront and then had lunch at Hudson’s Hamburgers on Sherman Ave.

I found this large mural overlooking a parking lot near the corner of 2nd Street and Coeur D’Alene Ave.

Outdoor mural in downtown Coeur D'Alene, Idaho.
Outdoor mural in downtown Coeur D’Alene, Idaho.