As we started our family road trip this summer we made our way to Dallas Texas. Since we had time, we spent a checking a few rollercoasters off of my oldest sons to do list at Six Flags Over Texas. Six Flags over Texas is the first park in the Six Flags family. Opened in 1961, Six themed sections,
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Planning the College Road Trip
Planning the College Road Trip. We are at the point when our oldest son must choose a college to attend. Since it has become a rite of passage for parents and children in America to take a tour of Colleges that students want to attend. My family is no different. This summer we are heading off
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The Fort Worth Stockyards
The Fort Worth Stockyards is one of the coolest places in the Dallas Fort Worth area. The premiere experience at the stockyards is watching the cattle drive. Great activity for an authentic Texas experience. In the Dallas area, this was one of my favorite activities that had a true Texas feel. You can watch the
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What are You Plans for Summer? I think you should go SCUBA diving.
This post is sponsored by Simply Scuba. That being said the opinions here are my own. When I was in college, that was always a question about this time of year. We were all looking forward to Spring Break and Summer. For Most of us that meant at least one trip to the beach
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The Basement of Texas, Natural Bridge Caverns
A few weeks ago I posted about my attempt to reach the roof of Texas. This time we take a trip closer to home as we head the other direction, down that is to the basement of Texas. Since we were all off for President’s Day this year we decided to explore our little corner of
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My attempt to get to the Roof of Texas, Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Leaving early on a Saturday morning from our homes in South Texas, we headed West on Interstate 10 in the fog that seems to show up every third day or so here. Our destination in about 9 hours is Guadalupe Mountains National Park. The park is in and named for the Guadalupe Mountains of West
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Road trip to Magnolia Market
If you have watched any HGTV you will know the names of Chip and Joanna Gains. they are the builder and designer behind the show Fixer Upper. My wife and I are huge fans of the show. So being just about 3 hours away we had to head to Waco to check out the Magnolia
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Waco Mammoth National Monument our #NPS 100 Road Trip
Imagine it is a spring day in 1978, you are a teenager out looking for arrow head in creek in South Texas. You are walking down a creek and instead of an arrowhead you find a large bone. Luckily Paul Barron and Eddie Bufkin Recognizing the unusual nature of the find, they removed the bone
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Why should you stay at a Walt Disney World Resort Hotel?
So there you are, you left home at some weird hour and have been driving for what seems like days. Or maybe you fought through the check-in line and security line at your local airport and have spent a few hours on a plane with two kids both wanting to sleep on you to ensure
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Themed Vacations – Not just for tour companies anymore
I have been thinking about our family travel plans for next summer. Next summer may be our last time to travel as a whole family of 5 since one will be heading off into the world and then we are moving back East. I stumbled onto the idea of building a trip around a theme.
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