on friday, derek had to actually work for his actual employer, so i had to find an activity i could handle on my own with the lidkids. we decided that i would leave hazel (to watch movies, play ipad, and generally continue to recover a bit from being sick) and take the older lidkids to […]
national parks
big bend. santa elena canyon.
due to slow internet, travel days, and an untimely round of the stomach bug (is there ever really a timely round?), i’ve fallen behind on my big bend posts. allow me to take you back to last thursday. after a day off from exciting expeditions, mostly due to hazel being sick, we were back at […]
big bend. balanced rock.
on tuesday (day four at big bend), we planned a desert hike. we attempted to get moving super early to avoid the afternoon high temps, which have been around 100° for most of our stay. we filled up with a bunch of water and drove over to grapevine hills trail. the drive itself was an […]
big bend. window view and junior rangers.
on monday, we started out by heading over to the main visitor center, panther junction, so the kids could work on part of their junior ranger book. anytime we leave our little corner of the park, we pass through this super cute tunnel (which has an even better view coming from the other direction). at […]
big bend. boquillas crossing.
on our trip the night before to boquillas canyon, we pulled down a side road that leads to a spot that you can cross the rio grande (legally) and go visit a little town in mexico, called boquillas del carmen. the crossing is only open wednesdays through sunday, so we decided to make a go […]
big bend. boquillas canyon.
we made the long haul from del rio to big bend last saturday. we wasted no time getting out and about and exploring. as soon as we were set up and settled in, we went back out to nearby boquillas canyon. (big bend is HUGE and nothing is actually very “near by” – but this […]
san antonio missions.
we are currently staying about an hour west of texas. after settling in last friday, we headed into town to see some sites and take in some history. we knew that we wanted to get the kids started on their junior ranger badges for the mission san jose national historical park, so first we went […]
new orleans, part two.
when i left off, we were just getting back from our “creole queen” riverboat adventure. we pick up the story on the walk back from the streetcar, near our hotel, where a local music shop had these really cool lego diorama of a mardi graw parade in its window. i narrowed it down to three […]
new orleans, part one.
for christmas, derek’s parents gave us a free one week stay at any of the locations in their time-share network. when we looked at a map of our travels and the possibilities, we settled on new orleans. then, the grandlidboms decided to join us there for a fun filled adventure. we parked our camper outside […]
fort pickens state park: the fort.
the next stop on the lidbom rambling road show is fort pickens state park. it’s on the end of a barrier island that is part of the gulf islands national seashore. our campsite is within walking distance of the gulf of mexico on one side and the pensacola bay on the other. we are also […]