7 Parks. 6 Days. 5 Kids. 4 States. 3 Minivan Rows. 2 Exhausted Parents. And 1 Welsh Springer Spaniel.
Seven parks, six days, five kids: the southern-border route from Guadalupe’s caverns to Organ Pipe’s cactus, and the seven Junior Ranger badges we earned.
75 Stories Down: Exploring the Depths of Carlsbad Caverns
An elevator that sinks 75 stories into the earth — Carlsbad Caverns, once a 250-million-year-old reef, and its vast decorated chambers, explored with five kids.
Keeping it Weird: Austin and South by Southwest
Austin with five kids during SXSW — the tech takeover, ICON’s 3D-printed homes, and how a scrappy music town became the place where technology reinvents itself.
The Texas Hill Country: Bigger Than We Expected
Even the ‘small towns’ of the Texas Hill Country have grown up — exploring Dripping Springs and Wimberley with five kids, where the growth has already arrived.