Like the Alamo and the Battle of San Jacinto, the south Texas town of Goliad holds a special place in the state’s history. Founded by the Spanish, Goliad is the third oldest city in Texas. To protect their passage to the Gulf, the Spaniards moved their Mission Espíritu Santo and its royal protector, Presidio La …
UPDATE: Sadly, since Hurricane Harvey, A Laughing Horse Lodge is no longer. On our trip to the Texas coast this week, we stayed in a dog-friendly beach cottage in Port Aransas, Texas: A Laughing Horse Lodge. Just two blocks from the beach, this property features small cottages offered either as a duplex or as a …
One of our favorite restaurants on the San Antonio River Walk has long been Casa Rio. Since 1946, this restaurant has been serving Tex-Mex right on the banks of the river. The choicest tables at Casa Rio are at riverside, and, if you’re traveling with your dog, you and fido are welcome to dine at …
Our latest day trip involved a visit to the Highland Lakes, the chain of lakes that snakes through the Texas Hill Country to Austin. The first lake in the stair-step chain is Lake Buchanan, the largest lake in the chain (and in the entire area). We’d just left Inks Lake State Park earlier in the …
As you know, we’ve been thinking about dog (and cat) travel a LOT lately thanks to both our new Dog Travel Experts radio show (now on Wednesdays at 8pm ET!) and our upcoming Texas with Dogs guidebook, which we’re busily researching. So when Marriott hotels (a company with over 1200 pet-friendly hotels across their family …