tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49495791562268699372024-03-05T22:17:30.989-08:00Travel Around With LesliTravel videos, posts and tidbits from all sorts of different places!Travel Around With Leslihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01373809931955735703noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4949579156226869937.post-77454300870560782602017-10-05T10:44:00.002-07:002017-10-05T10:47:57.164-07:00Baywatch Dolphin Tours in Galveston!!<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Take a fun trip on the water to see dolphins around the Galveston harbor / pier 21 area!</span><br />
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<br />Travel Around With Leslihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01373809931955735703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4949579156226869937.post-34371561305508938812017-09-20T10:16:00.004-07:002017-10-12T08:10:46.851-07:00Cherie Flores Garden Pavilion in Hermann Park<div>
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The Cherie Flores Garden Pavilion in Hermann Park, in downtown Houston, Texas, is definitely worth the trip.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">To learn more : <a href="http://www.hermannpark.org/poi/139/" target="_blank">visit the Cherie Flores Garden page </a>in the Hermann Park website.</span></div>
Travel Around With Leslihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01373809931955735703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4949579156226869937.post-33763913924918103572017-06-06T12:28:00.002-07:002017-10-12T08:12:31.481-07:00Sunday Brunch at the Pearl Resort<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Pearl Resort is located in South Padre Island Texas, almost directly across from the bridge as you enter the island, adjacent to the Sapphire (the tallest buildings on Padre, you can't miss them).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I might be doing a separate entry for their resort but for now I want to make mention of their Sunday Brunch - it's that good!!</span><br />
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All you can eat seafood including oysters and crab legs, carving station for beef and turkey as well as an omelette station, chocolate fountain and other standards for lunch/breakfast. Bottomless mimosas and champagne along with coffee and standard drinks.
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If you want to spend a little extra but get an out of this world brunch that's worth every penny I highly suggest. I'm not sure if this is offered in the off-season, however, so if it's wintertime I suggest calling to verify they have it during those months...........see my photos of the food, previously posted.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've visited this property several times over the last couple of years. It's a great little place with cozy rooms and balconies, the pool is great in the summer and on weekends there's a swim up pool bar open.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7oklAV0bd1Zd9Gz9OjF9gk7XSlgaHCdYR_QA-KsGcERJxZ638WbvRfAF4YbrwVL6l4iAnz79cw7LXgZhMnmbTSw4vgobhY88LFQ5cfQPiiOhLqBSjQvWkEy-BF-hVms6njLp_fsR7GfU/s1600/20161228_104704.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7oklAV0bd1Zd9Gz9OjF9gk7XSlgaHCdYR_QA-KsGcERJxZ638WbvRfAF4YbrwVL6l4iAnz79cw7LXgZhMnmbTSw4vgobhY88LFQ5cfQPiiOhLqBSjQvWkEy-BF-hVms6njLp_fsR7GfU/s200/20161228_104704.jpg" width="112" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The decor in the main lobby is true western/Texan style - BIG! It has all sorts of neat items and decorations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This place is a great option if you want to stay close to I-10 but still be close enough to drive to Fredericksburg and the wineries. In fact there's a winery just up the road from the hotel, only about 2 miles or so.</span><br />
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If you like BBQ and are looking for the ultimate BBQ experience, not to mention dine at a fairly renowned restaurant, look no further than the Salt Lick in Driftwood, Texas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Hidden away in the Texas hill country, about halfway between San Antonio and Austin, the Salt Lick is an open fire, pit Barbeque restaurant that serves up brisket, sausages, ribs and almost any kind of meat you would typically eat for BBQ. </span></div>
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<br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I bet not many of you knew that there was a overnight stay option available for the Houston Space Center next to NASA's Johnson Space Center. If you've never heard of Johnson Space Center in Houston then that's a whole other problem by itself :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But Space Center Houston is the companion site to Johnson Space Center (you know..........Houston, we have liftoff......Houston we have a problem) - yeah, THAT Houston.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Johnson Space Center is the NASA government facility only open to employees and those other special people who have official business there. If you are the general public you go to Space Center Houston right next door, but fear not, you can still access parts of the government facility by taking the tram tour (directly at the opposite end of the foyer when you enter Space Center Houston).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The tour of Johnson Space Center usually includes a stop at the Mission Control. The mission control area you see on the tour is a mock up that is used in cases of real emergencies so it is operational. You also get to stop off at Rocket park and see the Saturn 5 and you can tour the astronaut training facility.</span><br />
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Travel Around With Leslihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01373809931955735703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4949579156226869937.post-54867072910970911792017-03-17T13:15:00.005-07:002017-03-17T13:15:56.047-07:00Florida Mini-trip<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My kids and I were blessed enough to be able to take a last-minute mini-vacation to Florida. And by </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mini-Vacation, what I mean by that is we had 4 days. Two of those days were travel days, and the other 2 days were for fun. And we packed a LOT into those 2 days.</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">All small towns in Southwest Louisiana (also called SWLA) have Mardi Gras events and parades. This weekend I was in Lake Charles for the celebrations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I got to see the Krewe of Omega parade on Saturday and the Krewe of Barkus (aka the dog) parade AND the Gumbo cookoff in the Civic Center....I had as many bowls as I could taste. After the Saturday parades I enjoyed some authentic Zydeco music at the open air pavilion adjacent to the Lake Charles Civic Center.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Check out the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TravelWithLesli/videos/639881016213983/?pnref=story" target="_blank">slideshow on my Facebook page</a>!</span>Travel Around With Leslihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01373809931955735703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4949579156226869937.post-20274360388917288042017-02-19T19:14:00.001-08:002017-02-19T19:22:56.822-08:00Ruggles Black in Houston <div dir="ltr">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">At Paradise Seaside Grill, not only can you get some great grub, they have direct access to the ocean from the restaurant parking lot. You go down a few steps and you are right on the ocean. There is no sand beach but there are steps down into the water for snorkeling and you can swim a short distance to a nice trampoline where you can lounge or sunbathe.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As usual, I will be posting a video once I've compiled and edited my footage (of which I have a LOT from this last trip). I will include a short section of the taxi ride through town and info on the Sea Turtle excursion we took - loads of fun.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Great trip on the carnival freedom last week with stops in Grand Cayman and Cozumel, Mexico. Falmouth, Jamaica got scrapped because of high winds and inability to dock.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After a week on the ship and now that I am back on dry land my head still feels like I'm on a moving ship, so that will take a few days to go away I guess LOL.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So happy to say that my next travel adventure is going to be on a Carnival cruise to the Caribbean~~</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Harlingen, Texas is just about 20 miles north of Brownsville, on the border of Mexico.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">When it was still part of Mexico, the parcel of land where the ranch is located, was in an area where Mexico was having trouble getting settlers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">An arrangement was made, then, for American settlers to come and settle the land. The George Ranch was owned by the same family starting in the 1830s.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As a Houston resident, I love that I can get to the beach in an hour (sans traffic). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So......I tend to do that as much as time permits. The pocket beach parks are perfect - if you go to the far north end of the island toward the state park, you will see them. You pull into the parking lot and you can literally park right up on the sand just in front of the waves (if you wanted).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My favorite eating spot is the Cafe Michael Burger & German food - you can sit outside and watch the waves roll on the sea from the outdoor patio - perfect end to a day at the beach or the perfect break from the beach before you go back.</span><br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/TravelWithLesli/posts/573541152847970" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I made a slideshow of my last trip and it's up on my facebook page so check it out!!</span></a><br />
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