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Big Bend Pt. 2

A quick rundown of our 2 weeks in Big Bend: We hiked, met up with old friends, made new friends, hiked, soaked in hot springs inside a ruined spa alongside the Rio Grande, hiked, spotted lots of...
By Cat Sparks in News, Personal, Travel
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When Your Truck Dies in the Desert (A.K.A. Big Bend Pt. 1)

Our moving day to Big Bend started off like most: A quick breakfast, securing belongings, and packing snacks. We officially hit the road just a bit after lunchtime. About an hour into the trip we...
By Cat Sparks in Just for Fun, News, Personal, Travel
Del Rio Cactus in bloom

On the Border in Del Rio

Actually, this post starts in a little place called Crystal City, TX. We needed to have some mail forwarded to us, and we really wanted to enjoy electricity and unlimited water for a few days....
By Cat Sparks in Personal, Travel
Padre Island National Seashore Sunset

Padre Island National Seashore

Originally South Padre was in our sights. After thinking about how much further down south it is, and how we’d have to drive all that way back up again to head to Big Bend, we decided that North...
By Cat Sparks in Just for Fun, Personal, Travel
Fish at the San Antonio Zoo

Welcomed Back to San Antonio

San Antonio is one of my favorite places in the USA. It’s special because my sweet boy was born here, I made several lifelong friends here, and had the opportunity to work under some amazing...
By Cat Sparks in News, Personal
Family portrait in Houston

Houston to Wimberly

Visiting friends and family was really the only reason for us to come to Houston. We caught up with loved ones we hadn’t seen in forever, and were welcomed warmly by friends, who are pretty...
By Cat Sparks in Personal, Travel
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Six Month Travelversary!

It really doesn’t seem like it, but we’ve been living out of suitcases for 5 months and on the road in our camper for about 1 total. It seems like yesterday and a lifetime ago...
By Cat Sparks in News, Personal, Travel

Mardi Gras in NOLA!

Our sweet girl had been discussing plans for her birthday this year, and all she wanted was to go to Karnival (…in Germany). We realized then that her birthday would fall on Fat Tuesday. We...
By Cat Sparks in Just for Fun, News, Personal