Texas Birding tops many birder’s bucket list. With miles of undeveloped coastline, it offers migratory birds what they need—shelter, food and water. Texas is considered one of the best places for bird watching in the U.S. Geographically, Texas offers two…
Located south of Houston, Texas, Galveston Island has been a perennial beach vacation for decades. With a mix of outdoor and indoor activities, paired with a mix of Gulf Seafood and Tex-Mex restaurants, visitors have lots of options for a…
Corpus Christi is the largest city on the coastal bend of Texas with both indoor and outdoor activities. Corpus Christi features an art museum, a science and history museum along with the Texas State Aquarium and the USS Lexington. For…
With good year-round weather, heading to the beach is one of the top things to do in Texas. It offers miles of beaches along the Texas Gulf Coast from near Beaumont to South Padre Island. For one of the top…
Deep in the heart of the Texas Hill Country, one state park is more popular than the rest. Garner State Park is the most popular state park in Texas. With a roster full list of outdoorsy activities, like hiking, tubing…
Bastrop’s small-town charm is inescapable, with a historic downtown to stroll, a river to paddle, and several parks to explore. Less than an hour east of Austin, Texas, Bastrop is home to a cluster of loblolly pine trees along the…
With Cajun flavors and a National Park Service site close by, Beaumont is a natural getaway with foodie delights in East Texas. About an hour east of Houston, visitors will find lots to do from museums to biking to kayaking.…
Deep in the heart of the Brazos Valley, Bryan, Texas, offers a family-friendly getaway for kids of all ages. Conveniently located between Houstons and Dallas, Bryan is a quick weekend getaway. While there, you will find lots to do, like…
The weather is warming, and the wildflowers are putting on a show. It must be Spring in Texas. That means one thing to families. Spring Break. After raising three kids and traveling tip-to-tip across Texas, I have several recommendations. Texas…
The land under Texas is full of holes and lots ot them. It is estimated that 13,000 caves, sinkholes and springs can be found underground in Texas. Only a handful of the caves are Show Caves or developed caves with…
In a land that seems barren and forgotten, I found an oasis with the largest spring-fed pool in the world. A road trip stop extraordinaire or a gateway to the weekend of West Texas adventure, I’m sharing one of my…
Texas offers more National Park Service sites than most visitors or residents realize. So find a national seashore, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, a desert national park, a mountain national park even a national monument dedicated to Texas-sized dinosaurs.…