Juggling life's 2 greatest adventures: Travel and Motherhood
Juggling life's 2 greatest adventures: Travel and Motherhood
My senior year of high school, my parents moved us down to Odessa, Texas. We quickly gave this West Texas town a new nickname of “Odessa-lation.” This desolate land was an eye sore and lets be honest pretty creepy. So lets just say I was extremely happy when my husband and I moved up to …
West Texas is known for its heat, it’s oil, and…..yeah that’s about it. Yes its got ridiculous heat, and more oil derricks than you have ever seen in your whole life, but it is also home to a couple hundred donkeys. More like a THOUSAND donkeys! Tucked back in the boonies of San Angelo …
I have been asked multiple times in my life, which would you choose: the beach or the mountains! My answer is, I want to live in the mountains and vacation at the beach! The beach to me is a place to relax, soak in the sun, and have no worries in the world! We sporadically …
Fort Davis is a small town tucked away in the mountains of West Texas. The town has been built around the old military fort that still stands as a National Historic Site. Though the military fort is super old, there is something on this land that is much older and that is the wildlife of …
While walking around bins of hundreds of rattlesnakes, watching them strike at the handlers walking through pools of them, one thing is certain for me….I get you Indiana Jones, I totally get you! Snakes are one of the most terrifying, but fascinating creatures on this planet! I mean really they are beautiful, but just looking …
You obviously love to explore, otherwise you wouldn’t be reading this right now! Well I adore traveling! I live for my next adventure! My family makes fun of me because pretty much my entire google maps if filled with little green dots signifying that I want to go there. One the more dense green regions …
Right in the heart of the oil field and surrounded by forests of mesquite trees is the West Texas town of Midland, Texas. Other than being home to the Rockhounds baseball team and a huge selection of Mexican restaurants, most people don’t know what to do in this barren town. Challenge accepted! I grabbed my …
You see one here! You see one there! You see one everywhere! You can not drive through Odessa, Texas without seeing the giant colorful jack rabbit statues along the side of the road. These 31 iconic Odessa jackrabbits are a symbol of this west Texas town that many people see, but not many stop and …
Something I have learned while living in West Texas, there are really only 2 seasons in a year. There is winter for about 2 months, and then there is summer the other 10 months of the year. One day its cold, and the next day it is in the 100s! Welcome to West Texas weather! …
Quick! What are the top 5 things you think of when you hear Texas!? Personally my 5 are oil, cowboys, steak, horses, and Mexican food. Now if something cowboy/western related didn’t pop into your mind, than you don’t know Texas very well! Texas will give you the western experience you see in all those John …