With so many area parks closed due to flooding, finding a place for weekend camping is a challenge. Thankfully, we discovered Loyd Park, a campground managed by the City of Grand Prairie. We hesitated to try a “city” park for a number of reasons. First, city budgets aren’t generous when it comes to parks and…
It’s hard to believe that a hotel restaurant, in continuous operation since the Civil War, has closed, and the Garner family reunion was its last event. The historic Stagecoach Inn Restaurant, billed as “The Oldest Operating Restaurant in the State of Texas,” closed its doors behind the last of the Garner clan to leave, with…
At the end of a particularly demanding work week, we were eager to get away. We set our sights on Salado, a tiny Texas town that was established in 1867 for the sole pupose of building a bridge across Salado Creek. Cliff’s Garner family was hosting its annual reunion at the Stagecoach Inn, a Salado…
8,000 | Altitude, in Feet, At Which We Had Our Most Strenuous Day 3,036 | Total Miles Traveled 750 | Estimated Number of People Viewing Old Faithful Geyer at 2 pm on May 27 152 | Coal Cars Counted on BSNF Train 72 | Horses Counted in One Pasture at Buffalo Valley, East of the…
Day 8 of our Yellowstone Adventure found us overnighting at the Amarillo KOA, our third overnight there. Among other things, Amarillo is known for its meatpacking industry, one of the largest in the nation, and was once called the “Helium Capitol of the World,” for having one of the country’s most active helium fields. The…
Day 7 of our Yellowstone Adventure found us headed for Pueblo, Colorado, as we continued to make our way back home. We had been advised to skirt Denver via the E-470 tollway rather than stay on I-25 through the city. The combination of construction work and rush-hour traffic seemed to make the $50 in tolls…
We left Yellowstone National Park two hours ahead of plan, thanks to an unexpected snowstorm. Heavy, wet flakes fell at about an inch an hour, quickly covering everything in a blanket of wintery white. To complicate matters, we learned that our intended route out the East Entrance to Cody had to change because a rock…
Day 6 of our Yellowstone Adventure found us at the most popular tourist attraction in the park: Old Faithful. Because most of Yellowstone is an active volcano (one of only about 35 in the world), molten rock lies just beneath the surface, causing geysers to shoot jets of water, mud pots to form, and fumaroles…
We decided to spend Day 5 of our Yellowstone Adventure at the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, one of the park’s most picturesque spots. Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone is a relatively young formation, perhaps having between 10,000 and 14,000 years old. Although few geologic studies have been done, it’s generally agreed that the canyon…
Unlike many Americans, who wake up on Memorial Day thinking about backyard barbecues and family gatherings, we awoke to the sights and sounds of Buffalo Valley, east of the Teton Range. Thought to be some of the youngest mountains in the world, the Tetons were formed when earthquakes caused the mountains to rise and the…
Garinns on the Go 