Posts Tagged ‘travel guide’
Huntsville State Park Guide: Camping, Hiking & Paddling Near Houston
Huntsville State Park is one of our favorite(opens in new tab) and most visited state parks in Texas. It’s super close to Houston, offers all kinds of things to do, is large enough that you can easily get a campsite (even last minute), and it feels a little like home since I’ve been camping there…
Read MoreFamily Things to Do in San Antonio: A 3-Day Weekend Itinerary
San Antonio is an excellent family weekend trip from Houston. At about a three-hour drive, it’s close enough for a long weekend but packed with enough history, museums, great food and family-friendly things to do that you could easily stay much longer. For this trip, we built a three-day San Antonio family itinerary around some…
Read MoreOur Favorite Travel Gear to Make Travel Easy
Travel, especially with a family, can feel trying. Making sure everything is packed, and everyone has everything, and nothing is forgotten is a massive chore in itself that requires a whole other vacation to recover from. Over the years, and with a lot of travel experience, we’ve found a few essential items that make the…
Read MoreVisiting Niagara Falls | What to See, Where to Go & Tips for Both the U.S. and Canada
I’ve been to Niagara Falls during every single season, winter, spring, summer and fall and I have to say, each one offers stunning and incredibly different views of this unofficial 8th Wonder of The World. Here’s how to see it all, every view, every vantage point, and how to never miss a thing. The Geography…
Read MoreFamily 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 time, very early in our marriage. We decided it wasn’t our favorite place which is when we moved to Houston (where I’m from) and started…
Read MoreVisiting Hot Springs Arkansas in 48 Hours | How to See It All
A Brief History of Hot Springs, Arkansas Let me start out by saying Hot Springs is one of the strangest places we’ve ever been. The city is riddled with a checkered history dating back to civil war times and even earlier. Did you know it was run by gangsters and the Las Vegas strip was…
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