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Yearly Archives: 2024

Big Bend Ranch State Park
It is day 3 of our visit in Terlingua Texas, near Big Bend National Park, and the locals have urged us to go visit the state park nearby. So today we visited Big Bend Ranch State Park, and "Wow! What a fantastic experience." Big Bend Ranch State Park is over 300,000 acres of land along the Rio Grande River and inside it are numerous cattle ranches that operate under Free Range laws. That means, the cattle on these ranches aren't contained and any landowners not wanting cattle on their land are responsible for fencing to keep cattle out. FM 170…
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Thousand Trails Hidden Cove is located just a couple miles outside Arley, Alabama. Arley is a very small town in northern Alabama, on Lewis Smith Lake. According to Wikipedia, Arley has a population of about 350 and that is actually down from a 2010 survey. It's location and distance from other larger cities gives Arley a very remote feel and seems to sustain itself on the traffic it receives from Lewis Smith Lake. You won't find any large shopping outlets in Arley, and you also won't find large restaurants or big entertainment venues. Arley is just a small town, with…
Cowtown Coliseum Bullfighting
We are about an hour south of Fort Worth, in Whitney Texas. I happen to see a Facebook ad showing us an upcoming event at the Cowtown Coliseum for Professional Bullfighting. Yes Facebook, we know you watch our every move and serve us ads based on our conversations, our searches, and our locations. Just stop pretending. Anyway, I saw the ad and thought it looked like a lot of fun, and after all, we are in Texas! As it turns out, the Cowtown Coliseum is in the Stockyards at Fort Worth. Check out my review of The Stockyards, here. We …