As you approach the Elissa, you can hear the water from the gulf softly lapping at her sides, and the soft creaking of wood as the ship rolls gently with the waves. You fell the breeze coming into the port and can almost imagine being back in time, about to begin your adventurous journey on the high seas.   The Elissa is a square-...

​  Galveston has a fascinating history and the tour guides from Galveston's Historic Ghost Tours do an amazing job of bringing it to life.   As our tour guide began to talk about the "boneyard," I almost felt the need to bend down and lift my skirts, as if I were wearing Victorian-era clothing as we stepped back in time into the hear...

​ This week for our young at heart adventure as we like to refer to them, we visited the Austin Aquarium. This place definitely fits into Austin's famous tag line, "Keep AUSTIN Weird." It is in fact, of all places, located in a shopping center. Yes, you read that correctly, a shopping center at 13530 US 183 #101, next to a Salvation Army store...