The drive from Lincoln National Forest to Joshua Tree National Park in California would have been a really L-O-N-G drive, so we had decided while planning this trip that we would stay in a hotel in Phoenix for one night to cut the drive in two. We also chose Phoenix because it had one of […]
Carlsbad Caverns
We have started our Great American Road Trip, 5,000 miles of the Western United States. Call us crazy but we are tent-camping (no fancies here, not even running water in some spots) with our 3 1/2 year-old to some of the National Forests and Parks from Texas to California and Utah for 3 1/2 weeks. […]
Texas State Railroad Trip and Camping
It’s Spring Break in our area, and we decided to take a little trip. Our first official camping trip as a family. This trip was actually a bunch of “firsts” for Luke: first camping trip, first steam locomotive ride, and of course, first campfire with smores. I made reservations back in January for the Texas […]
San Antonio Train Day
If you do not know my very active 3 year-old, he loves trains. Well actually, “love” is an understatement. Eats, sleeps, and breathes them would be more like it. My mom told me about this Train Day in San Antonio over the weekend, so we decided we would give it a try not knowing what […]