Old Forts

Fort Concho, established in 1867, is located in San Angelo, Texas, and was established in order to protect frontier settlements, establish law & order as settlers moved in, and patrol and map the West Texas region. It served as regimental headquarters for the 4th and 10th Cavalry (a couple of ...
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When I told everyone we were spending Spring Break at Fort Richardson State Park, I got a bunch of "Eww, why would you go there?" or "I wouldn't go there" or "I'd find somewhere else to do". When I booked our spring break vacation, Fort Richardson State Park was the ...
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Fort Lancaster has to be one of the coolest places we stopped at during our 2016 Road Trip. It is in the middle of nowhere but well worth the detour and stop. You can choose to either walk the grounds or take one of the golf carts that they have ...
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On our way to Guadalupe Mountains National Park, we stopped at Fort Stockton, Texas to tour Old Fort Stockton, an old Army post. Originally called Camp Stockton,  it was established in 1858 by troops of from the 1st and 8th Infantry, US Army. The original site was located southwest of the ...
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We originally stopped at Fort Hancock on our 2016 Road Trip due to finding out it was an old military post that was originally called Camp Rice. Camp Rice was established in 1881, however, after the death of Union Major General Winfield Scott Hancock in 1886, the post changed its name ...
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We started our road trip today, a day late. Since we don't really have anywhere to be at a certain time, we basically don't have a time schedule to keep. Our first planned stopped was the Caverns of Sonora, however, on our way there I found a little gem in ...
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Recently, we went on an exploration day (aka Mom needed out of the house). We found our way to Fredericksburg, Texas. We didn't get out in town to explore, but as we were leaving we noticed a bunch of REALLY old buildings and decided to pull in to see what ...
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