March 13, 2022 Two days after it snowed four inches we decided to go explore downtown Nashville and see if it really deserves the moniker Nashvegas (I guess some people are trying to call it that). To be fair, we were there midday on a Sunday in early March with temps in the high...
Nashville’s Parthenon in Centennial Park We arrived at our house in Nashville in the evening, just as the sun was setting and proceeded to unload and unpack our things. After getting some dinner at a nearby Chinese restaurant, we discovered that we were not more than 3 minutes away from one of Nashville’s main...
On our way to Nashville, we decided to stop and spend the night in Hot Springs, AR. Not only was it a good time to stop after nine hours of driving, it was also a good place to stop as it is home to Hot Springs National Park. Aptly named after the numerous number...
Some other highlights and places of note that I did not mention in other posts are listed below. Shout out to the best grocery store we’ve ever been to so far, HEB. We went there every other night and purposely forgot to buy things so we had an excuse to go again. I also...
Located within two hours of our house in San Antonio, I just had to pay a visit to the brewery responsible for Shiner Bock, Spoetzl Brewery. So on a Friday afternoon, Cynthia and I ventured out to the small town of Shiner, TX to tour the brewery and learn about its history. The tour...
February 20, 2022 A day after our trip to Austin, Cynthia and I again loaded up our snacks and tripod and hit the road for Corpus Christi and Padre Island. Our first destination was Padre Island National Seashore, a protected stretch of shoreline 70 miles long managed by the National Park Service. It is...
February 19, 2022 Situated only 90 minutes from San Antonio and one of the fastest growing cities in the US, Cynthia and I decided to see what all the fuss was about for Austin, TX. Leaving San Antonio at around 10:30 am, our first experience with Austin was running into dozens of extreme slowdowns...
February 12, 2022 Wanting to see some of the natural scenery around San Antonio, Cynthia and I decided to visit the nearby Government Canyon State Natural Area which boasts 40 miles of trails on 12,000 acres of wilderness. After entering the park, we found a trail that takes visitors to some 110-million-year-old dinosaur tracks,...
On our trip into downtown San Antonio, Cynthia and I walked the entire River Walk and took a boat tour with an energetic & knowledgeable tour guide. We then visited the Alamo mission and toured the grounds of the famous battle. After that, we drove through the King William Historic District, which is a...
The San Antonio Missions National Historical Park encompasses four out of the five Spanish missions built in the San Antonio area in the 1700s. These Spanish missions were built in close proximity to each other to provide mutual protection against attacks from American Indians and to utilize water from the San Antonio River for...
