Suggestions for where to spend our 15 year Anniversary Weekend

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The wife and I have our 15 year anniversary coming up and we would like suggestions on where we could go. She bought me a new 24-70L lens for Christmas and I would love to find a scenic place to run it thru its paces. We live in Midland, so I would like to keep the travel time down to around 5 hours. We are flexible so please let the suggestions fly. And please post photos, if you have them, of the places you suggest.

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Thank you! Anyone else?

[kimberley]

we went to New Orleans for our anniversary and had a fabulous time, I had never been before and I loved it, we are both not drinkers at all and we still really enjoyed ourselves :)

[picman]

I haven't been, but it's on the list.
TPWD: Indian Lodge

[davidlc]

Been to Indian Lodge nice place, quiet, peaceful. good place to photograph, Ft. Davis area is nice. And also Big Bend.

[texkam]

We live in Midland, so I would like to keep the travel time down to around 5 hours.

Southern NM; Ruidoso, Cloudcroft, White Sands, etc.

[Dobick]

The Lodge in Cloudcroft is a very nice place to stay and get away for the weekend.

[shutterfire]

San Antonio

[TheRandomPhotographer]

Well i have never been married but for our one year i took her flying from Spring to Galveston and then back to Spring through Sugarland. Depending on where you live you could charter a small engine plane to another city and have a fabulous dinner and then fly back. For me it was very affordable....around 200 for the one hour flight

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Originally Posted by kimberley

we went to New Orleans for our anniversary and had a fabulous time, I had never been before and I loved it, we are both not drinkers at all and we still really enjoyed ourselves :)

We would LOVE to go there but its a little out of our budget, someday...

Originally Posted by picman

I haven't been, but it's on the list.
TPWD: Indian Lodge

Thank you! We have been to the Ft. Davis area a few times, we really enjoyed it.

Originally Posted by davidlc

Been to Indian Lodge nice place, quiet, peaceful. good place to photograph, Ft. Davis area is nice. And also Big Bend.

Thank you!

Originally Posted by texkam

Southern NM; Ruidoso, Cloudcroft, White Sands, etc.

Thanks, do you have any particular place that you have been in those cities that you would recommend?

Originally Posted by Dobick

The Lodge in Cloudcroft is a very nice place to stay and get away for the weekend.

Thanks! We are looking into this!

Originally Posted by shutterfire

San Antonio

Thank you, we have been to San Antonio a number of times and had a blast.

Originally Posted by TheRandomPhotographer

Well i have never been married but for our one year i took her flying from Spring to Galveston and then back to Spring through Sugarland. Depending on where you live you could charter a small engine plane to another city and have a fabulous dinner and then fly back. For me it was very affordable....around 200 for the one hour flight

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A few years ago, for her birthday, I chartered a plane and flew her over the city. She loved it.

Thank you all for taking the time to reply. We have lived in Midland for over 10 years and have been to many of the West Texas cities. I look forward to more suggestions and am hoping to see some more specific recommendations. A scenic overlook? A bed n breakfast that you loved, botanical gardens, etc. The wife and I really enjoyed a B N B in Fredericksburg.

[camera shy]

I've been to Ft. Worth a couple of times and thought it was a great place. Good museums, great zoo, a western stockyards section, they have a great rodeo going on right now. Don't go during superbowl week but other than that you should have a lot of choices. It's about 5 hrs from midland.

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Originally Posted by camera shy

I've been to Ft. Worth a couple of times and thought it was a great place. Good museums, great zoo, a western stockyards section, they have a great rodeo going on right now. Don't go during superbowl week but other than that you should have a lot of choices. It's about 5 hrs from midland.

We were thinking along those same lines last year! Here are some of the photos I took when we went.

[lfmerrell]

Bosque del Apache near Socorro, NM. Would be over 5 hours though.

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[texkam]

Thanks, do you have any particular place that you have been in those cities that you would recommend?

Our friends house in Alto, but I don't think this would work for you.

Shop the strip in Ruidoso. Cloudcroft has a gallery run by and featuring the creations of 2 fabulous weaving artists. Great guys. White Sands is breathtaking. Stop and buy some pistachios along the way. : )