Before getting into New Mexico, we made one last stop in Texas: Guadalupe Mountains National Park, the smallest of all … More
Author: amszpara
Amy Szpara is a former reporter, current composition teacher, and life-long lover of reading and writing. She is a Christian, a mother, and a feminist. She lives in Franklin, North Carolina with her husband and 11-year-old twin girls.
West Texas
I have never given West Texas the credit it deserves. I’ve been through some pretty long stretches of Texas highway, … More
More from Texas!
Since we’d planned to hit several stops in Texas, we bought a state park pass, and we have really gotten … More
Austin, San Antonio, and Kin Folk!
None of us had ever spent time in Austin, so we decided to camp out at McKinney Falls State Park … More
When in Texas…
We spent several nights at Cleburne State Park in East Texas, which is about an hour south of Fort Worth. … More
A Little Birdie in Louisiana
We spent about seven weeks in Louisiana. We got there a week before Christmas, and stayed until the first of … More
Homeschool Year: 20 Weeks Down
We’ve been homeschoolers for 20 weeks now, following a Christian curriculum (My Father’s World) that includes Language Arts, Math, Science, … More
The Mississippi Delta
We arrived in Louisiana just before the Christmas holidays, stayed to ring in the New Year, and decided to stick … More
Plantation Tours, Creole Cuisine, and Steel Magnolias Sites
After a month in Arkansas, we moved on to the Natural State’s southern neighbor and my home state, Louisiana. We … More
Experiencing Heifer
Last week we visited Heifer Village, a hands-on educational facility that teaches the mission of Heifer Project International with lots … More
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