Articles written by Mike Barnett

Mike Barnett|Updated Apr 3, 2015

A Florida friend asked me last week if I was going to take a road trip over the Easter weekend to see the Texas wildflowers. There’s no prettier place than Texas in the spring, he said. And he’s right. I was beginning to despair earlier in March. Cold, wet weather with nary a wildflower to be found. Then I heard there was color in South Texas. Lots of color. So I packed up last weekend and headed south of San Antonio. And I found it. Colors of every hue. Covering the roa...