...And Big Bend National Park Important Big Bend Tip: When you're driving this close to the Mexico-U.S. border, you will be stopped multiple times at border patrol checkpoints. They will ask if everyone in the car is a U.S. citizen. If the answer is yes they will wave you on, if the answer is no, …
I'm interrupting our regularly scheduled program of me trying to get through all my trips from last summer before the next summer travel season starts because over the long weekend we took Stella on her first camping trip! This is one of the moments that I am so glad I live in Texas, because we …
After the price for Balcones Canyonlands and Wild Basin Preserve (free), the price for McKinney Falls was a bit steep, but also justifiable since we didn't pay for any other parks. It's also different that the other parks because its much more recreational and developed as a park. Trails are paved, and the falls are …
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May 6th may have been the slowest hike of my life. On May 5th, Matt had his rugby game. When it ended it took about 15 minutes for him to limp across the field to us, then slowly limp back to the car, where he held a cold beer on his knee for the ride …
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Living in Texas is hard. I love Houston, I love the food, I love the cost of living, I love Texas thunderstorms, but the location of Houston is hard. It's built on a swamp, and there are no mountains, no real forests, no skiing, none of the things I've grown up with in the Adirondacks, …
Keeping in tradition from last year, I'm late on Earth Day. In 2016 I posted a collection of forests, this year I've selected wildflowers, cacti and yucca from across the country. If you can ID any of the flowers that I didn't I would really appreciate it, shoot me a message. Shout out to the …
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