You’ve probably heard but in case you haven’t…TEXAS IS HUGE!
Every trip we’ve taken to the great big beautiful state we’ve only stayed within a certain smallish space. Never exploring past Dallas, really.
So, when I found out hubby needed to make a June Texas trip….I convinced him to take an extra week and schedule in a vacation (that’s a sure way to MAKE HIM GO DO SOMETHING!).
We had no real agenda, just to take off and see as much of it as we could squeeze in during a week.
Where’d we go? I’m glad you asked.
Chip & Joanna Gaines are beyond famous and the town of Waco is buzzing like a hot wire for these Fixer Upper stars!
It was blazing hot and crawling with tourists. Including us. However, we rolled in and rolled out without a hitch!
In every episode of Fixer Upper, I squeal when I see JoJo’s lighting choices. I have a thing for chandy’s! This is hanging in the store and I wish I owned one just like it.
We hit the road after sweating ourselves silly and headed straight for San Antonio!
We made it there in time to walk the river and sight see a bit around our hotel. We stayed in the Menger Hotel right beside the Alamo. The old historical hotel was full of rich stories and even has a reputation for being haunted. I didn’t see any ghosts but I did close down the pool by being the last one out at 10 pm.
We had a great stay there and even made a few new friends.
They are wise to tourists, obviously.
I mean, they enjoy a good breakfast too.
And the word is — animals KNOW who the softy is when it comes to feeding the animals at meal time. Ahem, Dad!
Next, we hit the town of Corpus Christi. This was our view at lunch on the water.
This is how Gladys & Merle try to get a selfie when they arrive at Port Aransas Beach. Just one pic, that’s all I wanted.
Almost…
Close…
Oh who cares? We made it to the very bottom of Texas and we aren’t going to let windy selfies stop us!
This is for my kids. They love their dad. They think he’s pretty close to perfect but they know one giant truth about him – HE DOES NOT WEAR FLIP-FLOPS!!! His shoes got wet inside and wouldn’t dry so he resorted to serious measures by buying a pair of flip-flops for his actual feet.
He’s more of a boot guy!
He was on vacation (that’s what I kept telling myself).
We found a place to park our selves and hit the beach. Which is really cool! You drive out on the beach, pick your spot and claim it as yours. The only real rule I know of is no glass on the beach. Otherwise, you can party….camp….surf…fish whatever. Even, kiss!
Our last night there we went to dinner at Moby Dick’s for oysters. I had to snap these shots of my cute hubby because he ran out of shorts (somehow, he only packed 1 pair) and we had to hit Macy’s. I think I like him in yellow!
This is how I feel about my trip! It was a big wild adventure!! Time to head home to Indiana!
I have a mixed-up smushed to pieces heart because I’m leaving…..
…..behind my baby boy!
