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Mini Golf and Massive Parks
On pretty much any list we found of things to do with kids in Austin two things popped up consistently: Peter Pan mini golf and Zilker park. With just two days left these seemed like good afternoon activities. Peter Pan mini golf has been in operation for 75 years – that’s a pretty solid run Read more
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Hiking Attempt #1
As we get further southwest we plan on visiting as many of the national parks as we can. In preparation for this we thought we would do a practice run on a popular off-leash trail in Austin. We loaded up the dog’s new backpack full of our water, drove to the other side of the Read more
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Austin
We have definitely been looking forward to Austin – it came highly recommended by a number of people – and the forecast was calling for some good weather. Finally. We had also managed to find a four bedroom house in Austin, something the kids have been asking for since we left home. It was so Read more
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Houston, we have a problem
After our day at space camp and wandering around Galveston we really didn’t have anything else planned for our time in Houston. We still had two days left before we moved on to Austin and we struggled to find anything to do in that time. To be fair to Houston, the weather wasn’t great while Read more
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Space Camp
We wrapped up our time at Great Wolf Lodge and head to head almost straight back down to where we started our loop through the ‘blob in the middle states’. The kids were booked into Houston Space Center for a day camp on Mars exploration on Saturday. We had a day and a half to Read more
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Great Wolf Lodge
The family escaped the Polar Vortex by surprising the kids with a trip to Great Wolf Lodge, a long-awaited destination. The kids immersed themselves in activities, from shopping to Magi Quest, creating lasting memories. The trip concluded with a Master Magi Quest ceremony, leaving the family with cherished moments and tired, happy kids. Read more
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