Travel
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Camping in Autumn in Garner State Park (during COVID-19)
If like me, you’ve heard about the rare Texas Autumn colors at Garner State Park and want to know if they are worth visiting – and maybe you’re just a little bit curious on how I totally transformed into Bear Grylls and melted my sock – keep reading to learn more about our camping adventure this one weekend in November 2020. What You Should Bring: Note that these items are related to camping at Garner State Park, which is what I’d recommend if you are three+ hours away like we are (driving in from Austin, Texas). Tent – we use the Marmot. It’s super easy to assemble, but a little…
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How to Travel When You’re Broke!
Once upon a time, I was a college student with a massive amount of debt and I wanted to do something different the summer before my senior year. I was sick and tired of working and sacrificing and studying and having seen my three years of college fly before my eyes without doing anything fun. I had wanted to travel abroad like many of my friends and peers, but unfortunately, hadn’t been able to afford it. I wanted to see places, experience new things, do more than sit in a library. But how? I didn’t have very much money to spend besides my weekly living budget. And that’s how I…
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Day-trip to Big Thicket National Preserve – Texas Go-To During a Pandemic
Big Thicket National Preserve – Where to go when there’s nowhere to go. What do you do when you are amidst a pandemic and have a four-day weekend for Memorial Day and all reservations are sold out in every state/national park in Texas you can think of? Answer: You go where no one would think to go. After plenty of of research, we’d decided on making a day-trip to Big Thicket National Preserve from Austin, Texas. Now, I know what you’re thinking – no one would think of going there because it wouldn’t be a place worth going. At least, that’s what I thought – at first. While Big Thicket…
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Hiking The Narrows (During COVID-19)
A few months ago, I felt inspired to make a list (maybe it was the quarantine talking). I wrote down all of the things I wanted to do in the next decade. Not surprisingly, many items of said list consisted of various bucket-list locations across the seven continents that I wanted to visit, experience, and see. Although within the states (and relatively, not too far away), one of the very first items I wanted to check off was hiking/visiting The Narrows at Zion National Park. Two years ago, I had the opportunity to visit Zion National Park in May. Unfortunately, the water levels were too high and too cold to…
