Historic Fort Stockton is in the town of Fort Stockton, Texas. The town grow up around the Fort and is a great place to spend a day or two. It has lots of interesting things to do. Unfortunately, I was driving through going to Big Bend National Park and did not have time to see everything. Plus a few places […]
Atlanta State Park in Texas has a colorful past. Located near Atlanta, Texas and a short way away from the Arkansas border, the state park is on the Wright Patman Lake. The Wright Patman Lake was created between 1948 to 1953 to control the Sulphur River and provide water to Texarkana (Texas and Arkansas) and the communities are the area. […]
As your driving west ward Highway 40 or the old Route 66 near Flagstaff, Arizona. A road sign will say Walnut Canyon National Park which so many people skip because they are too interested in getting to Antelope Canyon (about 2 hours away) or the Petrified Forest National Park (about 1 1/2 hours away) or the Grand Canyon (about 1 […]
Clear Creek Recreation Area is just a great place to camp, picnic, swim, hang out, boat, hike, and just relax from the stress of life. Located near Jasper, Alabama. I was just heading out to New Mexico from Atlanta to visit family and I found this great little place to camp for the night and spend the late afternoon. But […]
Once upon a time, many many years ago… We had a simpler life. No cell phones! No Internet! No TV! But it was a hard life. From morning until night, and even in the middle of the night, there was work to do. It was not just the adults that had to work but children as well. The Wilder Homestead […]