Museums

The Buckhorn Saloon in San Antonio is the oldest Saloon in the State of Texas. It was established in 1881 by Albert Friedrich at the ripe old age of seventeen and is where Teddy Roosevelt recruited rough riders. This is also where Pancho Villa is rumored to have planned the ...
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We visited Crazy Horse Memorial during our 2017 Road Trip to the Black Hills of South Dakota. It was so cool being able to see a monument being carved into the mountainside. As we watched the crews, we couldn't help but wonder, "Is this what it was like for people ...
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Recently we had the chance to visit the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The museum is huge (115,000 square feet) and holds one of a kind corvettes like the 1978 Silver/25th Anniversary Corvette. You start the tour with a green screen photo op and a short movie. Exhibits ...
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I'm not sure what made me want to stop in the town of Sierra Blanca on our way back from our week long camping trip at Guadalupe Mountain National Park. If I had to guess, it probably had to do with geocaches and old buildings! For any of you that ...
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As part of our 2016 Texas Road Trip, we decided to head to Corpus Christi. This decision was mostly for the USS Lexington since my husband has never been on an aircraft carrier. While we were there we also decided to stop at the Texas State Aquarium. The Texas State ...
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I love naval ships. I have had a fascination with them since I was a child; which I am sure has to do with my grandfather who was in the Navy during WWII and served aboard the USS Rich DE695 when a mine exploded right under the ship. From a ...
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The National Museum of the Pacific War is located in Fredericksburg Texas and is a site that any military or history buff needs to visit. We have visited several times now and are still amazed each time we go. The museum includes the Admiral Nimitz Museum, George H.W. Bush Gallery, Japanese ...
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