After an amazing long-weekend in Big Bend, we were off to El Paso. But not so fast..... We were slowed down a bit by one of Woody's shoes. He said he was never buying Nike again 🙂 . Thank God that we "just happened" to have enough of a signal to call somebody. We have …
We woke up Monday and the temp had dropped 50+ degrees in 12 hours. That wind after dinner Sunday night came in with a big-time cold front (and side and rear)! It didn't stop us from enjoying our last day...though we all do prefer the amazing 85 degrees and sunshiny days. We bundled up with …
Continue reading Big Bend – Final Day (Three Bar Ranch, Pouroff, and Sunset)
Entering BIBE Sunday morning, we found this beautiful fog: and we also saw our 2nd road runner and he cracked us up! They are hilarious to me. God has a sense of humor, for sure. The kids got their Junior Ranger badges: (This park ranger was hilarious. He gave a very convincing speech against the …
Continue reading Big Bend – Day 3 (Hot Springs, Rio Grande, Ernst Tinaja)
After a pretty sunrise at BJ's - we headed to the Window View at Chisos Basin (the same place we had dessert on our first night with that amazing sunset). The girls did some scat studying ending with the conclusion they were looking at javelina scat! (Don't worry - E is wearing shorts and a …
Continue reading Big Bend – Day 2 (Balanced Rock & Santa Elena Canyon)
Our long weekend at Big Bend National Park was amazing! It was so gorgeous and we made such great memories. B took off work since there's no strong cell service around there, so we had a 5 day mini vacation! This 880,000 acre park (yes that number is accurate!) is on the border of Texas …
Continue reading Big Bend – Day One (Lost Mine Trail & Sunset)
It was a great week in Marathon TX! B worked hard and we did our thing. We're headed toward Big Bend today for a long weekend exploring in the National Park. Aren't TX skies amazing? This week we enjoyed exploring around the Marathon Motel & RV Park - another little hidden gem that the Lord …
Continue reading End of February Recap (and Jesus in Science Class)
Saturday night we stayed at Seminole Canyon State Park and now we are in Marathon TX until Friday when we will take a long weekend off the grid at Big Bend. Seminole Canyon was a last minute decision on our part and it was such a great stop! It's in a remote part of Texas …
Continue reading Texas – Seminole Canyon State Park & Marathon
It's Day 51 of our journey 🙂 We are on the road west again. We are slowly making our way to Big Bend National Park (will get there March 1) which we are so excited about! It really feels like we were in San Antonio so much longer than 2 weeks because we experienced sooo …
Continue reading San Antonio – Final Recap (& B hits the wall)
In between our days in downtown San Antonio (at the Missions, the Alamo, and Riverwalk) --- we went north to the stomping grounds of LBJ ! Lyndon Baines Johnson for those unfamiliar. Sadly, I knew very little about our 36th president other than a) his name b) Vietnam was during his time and c) he …
Continue reading Texas – LBJ National Park & Pedernales Falls
After our wonderful day at the Guadalupe River State Park ...we had a great week enjoying multiple parks and exploring Downtown San Antonio. We love Texas! RR says he's ready to move here and get his farm! We visited Stone Oak & Bulverde Parks on Wednesday and Thursday. We love that the little community park …
Continue reading San Antonio – Local Parks / The Missions World Heritage Site / The Alamo
