Beyond the Beltway

Address: 23231 CR 48, Angleton, TX 77515 You may have seen the Crocodile Encounter review that I did last year. Well, the place is so great that we decided to go back again this year!  We saw crocodiles and alligators and fed the tortoises. The first part of our tour

Address:  1708 E. I-10, Orange, TX 77632 My Beyond the Beltway post for this week isn’t about a destination, but it is about a great place to stop on your way back from an actual destination!  Whether you’re coming back from somewhere as close as Louisiana or as far as Florida,

Address: 5050 FM 517, Alvin, TX 77511 Cost: Adults: $20, Kids: $10, Free Under 2, Call for Group Rates Our Beyond the Beltway adventure for this week was actually the BigKidSmallCity meet up at Bayou Wildlife Zoo in Alvin! Thanks so much to everyone who came out for this; we

Address: 1820 S. Dairy Ashford, Houston, Texas 77077 When a friend told me she was going to the Toddler Skate session at the Dairy Ashford Roller Rink I immediately decided we had to try it too! This session is only for kids ages 7 and under and adults with them,

For this week’s Beyond the Beltway adventure, we went hunting for pelicans on the Seabrook Pelican Path! The Seabrook Pelicans remind me of Houston’s Art Cows; however, they are mostly located in a small geographic area. This makes them perfect for a scavenger hunt! The morning of our hunt we

Address:  3203 FM 1960 East, Humble, TX 77338 Many of our Beyond the Beltway adventures this summer have been educational, or at least informative, but this one was just plain fun! Old Mac Donald’s Farm is located north of Houston, not far from George Bush Intercontinental Airport. It is located

Sea Center Texas: 300 Medical Drive, Lake Jackson, Texas Surfside Beach: 3312 Bluewater Hwy, Surfside, Texas This week we traveled south down 288 to visit Sea Center Texas. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department operates three fish hatcheries, but Sea Center Texas is the only one visitors are allowed to tour!

Address:  10215 FM 762, Richmond, TX 77469 It’s Shanna! This week we travel Beyond the Beltway to George Ranch Historical Park and had a great time! In fact, we stayed much longer than I had planned! I really didn’t know anything about it before we arrived, but decided to go check it

Address: Battleship Texas, 3523 Independence Pkwy, La Porte, TX 77571 San Jacinto Monument,  1 Monument Circle, La Porte, Texas 77571 For our Beyond the Beltway adventure this week we headed out east of the Beltway. I’ve often seen the signs for Battleship Texas and the San Jacinto Monument on our way

Addresses: IAH Offical Airplane Observation Parking Lot, Lee Rd, by Will Clayton Pkwy, at the end of runway 27 Hooks Airport & Aviator Grill: 20803 Stuebner Airline Rd, Spring, TX 77379 Cost:  Free for the observation lot.  More for the garage or for lunch at Aviators Grill! Janie of Fun2Go Misters