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Visitor’s Guide to the RV Museum on Amarillo’s Route 66!
If you’ve never been to Amarillo, Texas… well, you’re probably on a long list of people! Amarillo isn’t exactly what I would call a “travel destination”, but it does have a couple of notable things going for it. Number 1 is that it’s located on I-40, which is one of the main coast-to-coast interstates in the country. Number 2 is that it’s located along Route 66, and is home to one of its most famous attractions – Cadillac Ranch! Amarillo is a good Route 66 stop because it has several attractions besides Cadillac Ranch, and one of those attractions is the Jack Sisemore’s Traveland RV Museum! You may wonder how I…
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Palo Duro Canyon State Park: Hiking the Lighthouse Trail
I wanted to name this blog post, “Texas, our Texas, all hail the mighty state,” but I didn’t figure all you non-Texas would appreciate that. (I’m totally not serious…I just really wanted to make a reference to the state song!) A month and a half ago I left my beautiful Colorado to go back to the Mother land – aka, Texas. My sister was making a quick weekend trip so she could be a part of a wedding, so I decided to tag along. We left late in the evening, drove through the night, and got to Amarillo by morning. Yes – I made 527 jokes about “Amarillo by morning”….it…
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Guadalupe Mountains National Park: McKittrick Canyon
McKittrick Canyon is a place that lies in the Guadalupe Mountains National Park in the middle of nowhere, West Texas. Before I go into detail on this hike, I have a confession to make to all of you…I lived within a 40 minute drive to this hike – which is one of the top places to view fall colors in the whole state of Texas -for three years, and I never took advantage of it!!! Of course, I have the best of excuses, up to and including the fact that I DID drive allllll the way out to McKittrick Canyon at the height of the fall colors only to be turned away because…
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Take a Hike in Ft Worth’s Marion Sansom Park
First and foremost, I just want everyone to know that I got an absurd amount of pleasure from putting the phrase “take a hike” in my title. *blissful sigh* It’s the little things in life! I lived in Ft Worth, TX for the first 23 years of my life, and I feel like I’ve discovered more outdoor things to do there since I’ve left than when I lived there! (Granted, I had not known how much I loved hiking back then…so that probably had a lot to do with it.) When I was visiting my family a couple of Thanksgiving’s ago, my sister took me to Marion Sansom Park, a…
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Guadalupe Peak: The Tallest Mountain in Texas!
I seriously debated titling this post “Guadalupe Peak: A Masochist’s Dream”, or even better, “Guadalupe Peak: What was almost my Grave.” In the end, however, I decided to stick to milk-toast “The Tallest Mountain in Texas”. It had a nicer ring to it. I would be willing to bet that many of Texas resident’s haven’t even heard of the Guadalupe Mountains National Park, even though it’s home to the tallest point in the whole state, as well as the #1 place to see fall colors in the whole state. I know I sure never heard of it, and I spent my first 23 years there! Guadalupe Mountains National Park lies…
