Everything is bigger in Texas, including the family fun at the national parks, monuments, and seashore in the Lone Star State. Texas is home to several impressive parks, each offering something special that showcases the splendor and diversity of the Texan...
Mesa Verde National Park is home to some of the most famous and best-preserved cliff dwellings in North America. As a kid, I was fascinated by the photos of cliff dwellings in my school books, wondering how the inhabitants climbed up into those amazing...
I’d often heard travelers gush over the towering cave formations and majestic beauty of Carlsbad Caverns, but I had to wonder: Is it worth the hype? On a recent summer road trip through the southwest, we visited the caverns and discovered that they live up...
With so many amazing national parks in the American Southwest, it’s not a question of if you should visit the area. The question is, instead, how many parks can you squeeze onto your itinerary? When we were plotting our southwest road trip, we noticed that...
When planning to visit the Grand Canyon with kids, I had a secret fear. (Is it actually a secret if I told my husband, my therapist, and several friends?) I was worried that one of my kids would fall off the edge. That’s right, I’m a seasoned mom and...
The wild west still lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Our family felt it the moment we started walking past adobe structures, lining a brick sidewalk, in the old town square. Cowboys tipped their hats in our direction as we passed by. We basked in their warm...