The crazy thing about Texas is that you can drive for hours and hours and still be in Texas. For Spring Break 2013 we left North Texas and drove 8 hours southwest to Fort Davis, TX. With three young kids an 8 hour drive is usually more like 10 but what an awesome thing it it to drive across Texas. From the big city to flat farm land to fields of pump jacks and giant windmills to the Davis Mountain…
Mammoth Cave National Park, Lincoln’s Boyhood Home, Nashville Sounds Ballpark, Mud Island, Memphis Cardinals Ballpark, Hot Springs National Park In early 2012 our little family of 5 moved halfway across the country from Georgia to Texas. It was a hard move, but ultimately the best thing for our young family. When we moved here we took 3 days to get here… looking back at that we laugh! We have done multiple 16 hour long trips in a day since then….
One of the hardest parts in planning your Park trip is the amount of ‘stuff’ required to make it successful. There are a few things that we have gotten our kids over the past few years that we have used until they’ve been worn down or they have outgrown them. We really try to make it a point to gift these items to our kids for birthdays and Christmas. Proper gear and planning is the key to success. Below are…
If you and your family are serious about seeing the National Parks you need to get organized. I’d suggest coming up with a plan of action. We are lucky to live in the (southern) middle of the United States which makes driving to many of the parks an option for us. Our kids are also road warriors and a 12 hour road trip is nothing to them (anymore). Thad spent hours coming up with different routes that would hit as…
Years ago, after a week in Grand Teton National Park and Yellowstone National Park, Thad and I decided that we wanted to explore and we wanted to take our kids with us! For the past 8 years we have been hitting up our Nation’s Parks during Spring Break, over the summer, on Christmas break and even a long weekend or two. We have successfully visited 27 National Parks and a handful of National monuments, seashores, forests, State Parks and ballparks….