The Texas Hill Country is a geographic region located west of Austin and north of San Antonio. Although there’s no official border, many websites set boundaries of what counts and …
Texas
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Travel
Why I’m Planning Four Trips When We’re Only Taking One (Or Maybe None) Of Them
by joehegby joehegGetting back into planning trips longer than a day has taken a while for us. Eventually, we managed to find a socially distanced trip that met our needs and it’s …
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Imagine a hotel where you can check-in for just $20. No, it’s not “that” kind of hotel (wink wink). But this Dallas-based “hotel” has been running strong since 2018 and …
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While you’re sitting at home and dreaming about travel, it makes sense that you’d spend some time looking at how much those trips will cost. While dream trips used to …
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No matter how hard I try, I can’t think about booking travel right now. While all of our upcoming trips have been canceled, I have vacation time blocked later in …
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Family Travel
An Open Letter To The CEO Of Cedar Fair: Don’t Ruin Our Favorite Water Park!
by joehegby joehegOn Thursday night I received an email from Schlitterbahn, the water park in New Braunfels that we travel over 1000 miles to visit every year. We have annual passes so …
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Roadside Attraction
Our Visit to Buc-ee’s in New Braunfels, Texas (a.k.a. Sharon Is NOT Obsessed)
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegAs I mentioned in a post a while back, Buc-ee’s is a chain of roadside gas and convenience stores located in Texas (soon to be expanding into Florida!) and I …
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Parks/Nature
Our Long Term Love Affair With The Best Water Park In The World: Schlitterbahn, In New Braunfels, Texas
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegJoe and I have been going to Schlitterbahn Water Park in New Braunfels, Texas, nearly every year since 2006. For us, it’s our “happy place” vacation, where we don’t have …
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Disney, Universal & Other Theme ParksHotelsPoints & MilesshoppingTravel
The New Ban On 78% Of Sunscreens, New WDW Pass Options, How To Keep Your IHG Points From Expiring, & More
by joehegby joehegHappy Sunday y’all! We hope you had a good week! Here are some travel articles we’ve recently seen that we think you may enjoy. Stephen from Frequent Miler dug a …
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Parks/NatureTravel
We FINALLY Saw The Austin Bats (a.k.a. “Normy & Sam Were Good Luck!”)
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegJoe and I just came back from a whirlwind 5-day trip to New Braunfels, Austin & San Antonio, Texas. We’ve done bits and pieces of this trip almost every year …