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Exploring Big Bend National Park with Young Kids

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Big Bend National Park is Texas’s only national park. Located in far west Texas, the park is nestled in a curve of the Rio Grande along the Mexican border. Visions of West Texas usually conjure images of barren desert and tumbleweeds, but Big Bend is much more than just desert. Amongst the sweeping desert landscape, there are mountain ranges and patches of green oasis along the Rio Grande. In fact, an entire mountain range – the Chisos Mountains are located at the heart of the park. In a single day, visitors can hike a desert trail, swim in the Rio… Continue reading

Roadtripping through Texas with Kids! Part 1

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Along with literally everyone else in the world, 2020 didn’t pan out exactly the way we thought it would. I remember in January talking excitedly with family about a big southeast Asia trip we were planning for November. This was a world when the biggest crisis at the time was the Australian wildfires, and we were concerned about my sister and her brand new husband who were traveling there for their honeymoon. (Thankfully their trip was a success!) Oh to be back in that pre-pandemic world.  Obviously we didn’t visit Vietnam or Thailand. We naively booked a summer trip for… Continue reading