I love family trips, even if they are to the ultimate sin city! We came to Vegas for the wedding of one of the guys in, my husband's squadr…

quick day trip out here no major hiking just observing the beauty of nature!

what was I saying in the previous entry about long trails?  diregard that for this entry! Well, what can I say about enchanted rock?  It's…

Pedernales Falls state park , is located just outside of Johnson City, the hometown of Lyndon B. Johnson.  While the town does not have much to …

The area has many natural attractions such as; rivers, lakes, natural springs, beautiful rolling hills of limestone. It is home to the Natural Bridg…

just some neat pics, from a Girl Scout camp weekend!   Utopia, is a little town in the Texas hill country. What it lacks in size it more than…

Just 23 miles north of Brackettville, Texas, ther is a place called Kickappo Caverns State Park.  Whitin the park they have a bat cave called, S…

About an hour north of Montgomery in Auburn there is a state park called Chewacla, that is totally worth the visit if your into outdoorsy stuff!…

Ok first and foremost before I even tell you about our day there I just want to say there is such a thing as southern hospitality!  We arrived i…

I really loved the Montgomery zoo! Everything about it was great for one it was not an overwhelmingly large zoo, it was quite small in comparison to…

The Wynton M. Blount cultural park AKA the Shakespeare Festival grounds, is a 300 acre park with lots to see and do. The park houses the Montgomery …

The museum of fine arts in Montgomery located within the Wynton M. Blount cultural park, has a phenomenal childrens wing. It's free to the public a…

Most people have heard of Martin Luther King Jr. but, have you ever heard of Emmett Till? His murder is what started the civil rights movement in 19…

Well obviously the air force knows what's best for us!  They decided that my husband and I did not need a week in Utila indulging in beautiful c…

Charming little inn in Marathon, TX, we stayed at for just a little over $100. The place was clean and well kept as well as beautiful in an old rust…

Ok so here was this super fancy restaurant in the middle of little Marathon, TX. Really small town with a population of only 4,000. Not the only re…

Leaving Big Bend, theres a 70 mile trek of road that takes you right up to the town of Marathon, TX.  When you get there there's a stop sign bef…

After we left Alpine it took us almost an hour to make it back to Marathon.   When we finally got there we learned that US HWY 90 was now c…

When you mention places to go diving for most people West Texas just would not come to mind.  However, we just got back from this little known S…

Balmorhea is a nice small State Park in the foothills of the Davis Mountains in West Texas. To get there just take exit 206 off of I-10 West shortly …

Went to Dallas for my brother-in-law's wedding.  Instead of taking I-35 we took all the backroads.  It is more scenic and ni…

Just 8 miles west of Sonora, Texas you can find the caverns of Sonora, these caverns are amongst the most active with 90% of their formations still g…

Sailing is what my parents do every weekend so, when we go to Kemah that is what we spend our time doing.  It's funny because when I lived there…

Every year that we go to Colorado Springs for Christmas we take a few days of our vacation and head to Breckenridge, going skiing is another traditio…

This place is magnificent with some of the most breath taking views I have ever seen.  Towering red rock formations are the main attraction but,…

We love to camp!  However theres only so many smores you can eat, and only so many camp songs you can take!  So, when we camp we look …

Our family has a tradition of an annual camping trip.  This particular trip was planned by my sisiter-in-law the location,Ute lake, in…