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South Texas Beauty: Aransas Wildlife Refuge and Mustang Island

by Peggy Staver
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While vacationing in South Texas, we visited the scenic Aransas National Wildlife Refuge and Mustang Island State Park. A great place to see waterfowl.

Categories Texas, Free things to do, RV living, RV Travel Tags mustang island, port aransas, texas, wildlife refugee

Aboard the Blue Ghost – Touring the USS Lexington

by Peggy Staver
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First stop – The Flight Deck As an Air Force retiree, touring the historic USS Lexington museum while on vacation in Rockport, Texas, was near …

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Categories Texas, RV living, RV Travel Tags blue ghost, national register of historic places, uss lexington

Kayaking Redfish Bay – The Lighthouse Trails

by Peggy Staver
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The morning after arriving in Rockport, TX, we got in our car and headed toward the water. We found Lighthouse Trails in Red Fish Bay …

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Categories Free things to do, RV Travel, Texas Tags kayaking, lighthouse trail, rockport, texas. redfish bay

San Antonio Mission Trail

by Peggy Staver
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On our first day in San Antonio, we began the San Antonio Mission Trail at The Alamo. After leaving Natural Bridges, we picked up the …

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Categories Texas, Free things to do, RV Travel Tags Historic Churches, mission trail, san antonio, texas

Down Under – Exploring Natural Bridge Caverns

by Peggy Staver
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There is something special about going below the earth’s surface and into the dark of a cavern. While in New Mexico, we explored Carlsbad Caverns. …

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Categories Texas, Nature, RV Travel Tags caverns, natural bridge caverns, texas

Kayaking the San Antonio River

by Peggy Staver
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We wanted to kayak when we were staying in Bryan, Texas, and never had the chance. While staying in San Antonio, we placed kayaking the …

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Categories Free things to do, RV Travel, Texas Tags kayaking, san antonio river
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