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Must Have Camping Gear

Must Have Camping Gear of 2026

Talk to any avid camper and they’ll have at least one piece of new camping gear that they want to talk to you about. So we went to the source and chatted with the ladies of Houston Women’s Hiking to hear all about their favorite gear. This list includes some of our tried and true…

Things to Buy When You Buy A Camper

When you buy a camper, no one really tells you ALLLLL the other things you need to buy to make sure that camper is running properly and to make camper…

Family friendly things to do in dallas like lazy river at a baseball park

Family Things To Do In Dallas, A Long Weekend

This past weekend we went on a family trip to and spent a long weekend exploring things to do in Dallas, TX. Bill and I lived there for a short…

Huntsville State Park

5 Favorite Texas State Parks (That We’ve Visited So Far)

When I share about our family mission to visit every state park in Texas, the next question is always, “how many have you been to and which one is your…

Stronger Than – Losing A Texas State Park – Misti Little

Stronger Than Podcast - Season 1 Episode 5 - Losing A Texas State Park with Misti Little

Misti and I met through Instagram at the very start of the battle to save Fairfield Lake State Park. It was the end of February and I was at the rodeo cookoff when she messaged me to share her oped on the park closing. Over the last nine months she’s been my go to for…

Proposition 14 – The Centennial Parks Conservation Fund – Passes!

Caprock Canyon State Park

This year I wrote and created a travel journal for Texas State Parks — Texas State Parks Journal. In the process of writing this book I did buckets of research on the history of Texas State Parks. Initially it was going to be a whole chapter in the book, however I found it to be…

Mental Health Is A Lot Like Hiking | Part 2

PTSD is an absolute crap hole and it tosses copperheads and bisons and rolled ankles and injuries all over your mental health trail without warning or reason. (For better understanding of this analogy, please read part 1 of this post.) I was reminded of this last week with my first panic attack in three years.…

Mental Health Is A Lot Like Hiking | Part 1

Hiking Caprock Canyon

I’m still learning that mental health is not a place you arrive or achieve or win. Mental health is the journey itself. Not to be too on the nose, but it’s the actual path, and it reminds me so much of hiking. I can do the work to prepare for a hike; exercise, build endurance,…

Texas State Park Journal is Here!

Texas State Park Journal

The Texas State Park Journal is finally here!! When I set out to create this book over a year ago I had no idea what paths it would take me down. Originally it was just going to be a fill-out journal style, with no real writing. It quickly became an “If You Give A Mouse…