Lone Star Travelers Blog

Slackers is one of the hottest restaurants in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. Located in Page Arizona it is a favorite with the 3 million tourists who visit Lake Powell every year as well as locals who enjoy the sports bar interior and the patio dining area.  The specialty is char broiled burgers.  

Eat where the locals go.  The Paria Outpost Restaurant on Highway 89 between Page Arizona and Kanab Utah is a destination in itself.  The 30 mile drive from Page Arizona on a Friday or Saturday night from March thru October will bring you to a reasonably priced all you can eat buffet featuring Texas smoked barbeque.  Tip:  The correct pronunciation of Paria rhymes with Maria.

You have five choices for camping in and around Lake Powell on the southern or downlake end of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. (more…)

If you would like to volunteer and work with professional archaeologists and historians within the national forests in the United States check out passport in time.  This website is maintained by the USDA Forest Service and will state the goal of the program, explain what is required of you, and direct you to a section which posts the opportunities available.  You will work with professional archaeologists and historians on various projects in forests throughout the United States.  Assignments vary in length of time, acomodations may be be anything from primitive camping to an RV spot in a campground or perhaps a local hotel or motel.   In all cases you must get yourself to and from the project. 

Visit our Pedernales Falls State Park Photo Gallery

Pedernales Falls State Park in Blanco County is a great Texas Hill Country family destination.  Just 35 miles West of Austin Texas it truly feels a world away.  The park at 5,211.7 acres is spacious and spread out along the banks of the Pedernales River.  The main attraction at Pedernales Falls State Park is Pedernales Falls.  The river eroded through the rock canyon and drops 50 feet over a distance of 300 feet through the layered limestone. (more…)