Mr. & Mrs. Vandebilt + kids

Author: Brynn

  • Aliens and Caves

    Aliens and Caves

    We left Albuquerque and drove south for two of the national parks that we have on our list: Carlsbad Caverns and White Sands. Carlsbad Caverns is almost on the Mexican border in the east-ish side of the state. It also happens to be within driving distance of Roswell. We figured…

  • Albuquerque

    Albuquerque

    We only had a few days in Albuquerque – which I think worked out just perfectly. I think Santa Fe would have been more our speed, but Albuquerque was where we could find the accommodations we wanted. The place we stayed was one of my favourites so far. It was…

  • Joshua Tree

    Joshua Tree

    This place was spectacular. I’m lying in bed now after our day spent at Joshua Tree and my mind is still a little scrambled from just how cool this place was. Jacob and I both agree that we have always loved seeing different kinds of nature on our travels, and…

  • Route 66

    Route 66

    Our next stop is New Mexico but it seems a waste to not catch some of Route 66 on the way. We left Austin and headed northwest to Amarillo to catch the route before heading west to Albuquerque. Unbeknownst to us, just outside of Amarillo is the Texan state park…

  • Mini Golf and Massive Parks

    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 –…

  • Hiking Attempt #1

    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…

  • Austin

    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…

  • Houston, we have a problem

    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,…