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San Marcos, TX
By: Erica I. Pena-Vest and Paul Vazaldua San Marcos, Texas, located between San Antonio and Austin in Central Texas, boosts an annual average temperature of 68.8 degrees with over 300 days of sunshine a year. The San Marcos River offers your family an array of outdoor activities from tubing to kayaking and is the perfect [...]
Flying With Children
Of all the travel questions I get regularly, the question I hear the most is “Do you have any tips for flying with young children?” Honestly, all parents are terrified of flying with their little ones. It’s not exactly easy to haul your luggage, car seats, strollers, diaper bag and your little one [...]
Twilight Setting - A Must-See Travel Destination
All you have to do is ask a tween, teen or me what made this weekend special and their response will be all about the release of “New Moon”, the movie based on the second book in the four book series called the Twilight Saga by author Stephanie Meyer. You would have to be living [...]
Make it a ‘VA-cation’ Instead
As a travel writer, I often get asked travel related questions. Where should I go? What do I do when I get there? Is it family-friendly? I sometimes get asked the same questions so often, I feel like I am giving an automated response. Recently, however, I was asked a question that stumped me. Someone [...]
Fun in Folsom
I’ll be honest. When I first saw Folsom, California on a map, I didn’t think much of it. As far as I knew, Folsom was a prison, right? My mind immediately conjured up images of Johnny Cash singing “I walk the line”. I was traveling home from Sacramento one day and thought, “Wouldn’t it be [...]