Westchase Murals

MLK Day stretched out before us, and I decided that it was a perfect time to explore some of the Houston Mural Map that Hadley had been wanting to see. We left the boys behind and checked out a cluster of murals in the Westchase area. It was a bit of a scavenger hunt, since the map gave an address, but the murals were sometimes on the back of buildings, on nearby sidewalks, or on concrete lining bayous in the vicinity. Hadley really liked the butterflies.

We found quite a few along the Westchase District's walking trail system. H took this picture of me among the runners. She told me my head was "close enough" to the body I was trying to match.

A little detour off the walking trail led us to this lion, elongated on the sidewalk to give it a 3D look when photographed. Pretty neat! And there was a random zip line next to him.

Near the lion was this art of a jaguar in the jungle. If you look closely, you can see several hidden faces in the greenery. This was H's other favorite of the day.

This one was on the back of a strip mall. It asks, "how can the sky be the limit if there are footprints on the moon?" I cropped out the dumpster (and thus, the astronaut boots) on the other side of earth. That's H in the footprint to give you some sense of scale.

A short drive south of the tollway led us to a small park, which connected to the trail system again. We liked the mosaics we saw along the way.

This mural, called "Heroes of Harvey," was the hardest one to find. The street address was at the crossing of a bayou where there was a walking path. We walked all around on both sides of the street and the bayou path, but didn't see it. As our last effort, we decided to walk further north, under the Westpark tollway!, and go around the bayou bend. There it was! 

Of course, H had to cross the bayou and get up close to see the details. All in all, it was a fun excursion, checked H's box for art appreciation, and no one stepped in the bayous. We're working up to go find the ones downtown someday...