Recently Keltin and I had a wonderful date night on a Dallas by Chocolate tour. This is actually our second tour with this company, the first being before I started McGee Travel Tales. These tours are a ton of fun and a great way to sample new places in Dallas, without having to worry about
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We do not get to hike at the Forth Worth Nature Center and Refuge as often as we would like, this beautiful park has a number of hiking trails for all skill levels. I had the opportunity to hike there once in 2019 and then Covid hit and I didn’t get to introduce Keltin to
This was a wonderful weekend trip and I could have relaxed for a few more days in our wonderful Getaway Cabin. Good food and nature do wonders for a person. If you missed any of the posts for this series, check them out below! Food and Drink Wildflyer Mead Co. Campfire Cooking Where to Stay
I had been planning this hike for for weeks for my birthday and then their was rain in the forecast. When we did get to the trailhead, after driving through showers, and when I went to get my pack I found that my hydration pack had sprung a leak and there was now two liters
2021 has been a busy and exciting year in just the first few months. Here are some of my favorite photos that I have taken so far! INSTAGRAM│FACEBOOK│TWITTER│YOUTUBE │KO FI
I don’t golf but my husband really enjoys it and a couple of weeks ago we went golfing with a couple of friends. Okay, they golfed; I drove the cart, relaxed with a beer and enjoyed the flowers and Dallas skyline. The flowers also set my allergies afire and I couldn’t breathe after we left
One of the best ways to keep trips affordable is to cook and while staying with Getaway we cooked a lot. Most of the recipes turned out well. Some need some tweaking and Keltin and I both need practice cooking over a campfire. A few weeks ago I discussed a new camping cookbook that we
For this trip we stayed with Getaway Cabin. This is actually our second Getaway stay. The first was in 2020 and we visited their Texas Hill Country Outpost. We arrived at out cabin after a few hours of driving and a stop in at Wildflyer Mead Co. It was a perfect early April evening, a
For my birthday I wanted to getaway from everything for a bit, escape, relax and just breath in nature. I actually planned this trip back in November and was more than ready for it when April got here. This was a short trip but if was full of good food and drinks, some beautiful scenery
We stopped here for two reasons gas and dinosaurs. There are a strangely large number of dinosaur figures on the sides of Texas roads or in fields. We must have an odd love of dinosaurs. There is a green brachiosaurus somewhere off HW 287 and recently while hiking down near Navasota, TX we went past







