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The Phillips Family Travels

Welcome to our blog, following our family trips and holidays around the world. We live in Gloucestershire, UK but have also spent a year living in New Jersey, USA. We love using the school holidays to travel to new places and explore. Spending time with our two children, climbing mountains, splashing around in the sea on the coast or road tripping across Europe and the US. We hope you will enjoy our blogs designed to help us remember the great times we have had and hopefully provide you with helpful tips if you are following in our footsteps.

Category: North America

Houston Texas – 2 days visiting Kemah and the Space Centre

On 9th Jan 2026 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn Countries, North America, TexasLeave a comment

The final stop of our Texas road trip - Houston. We spent two days visiting Kemah Boardwalk and Houston Space Center before driving back to Austin for our flight back to London.

Houston, Texas – Driving from San Antonio to Houston and visiting the Painted Churches.

On 9th Jan 20268th Jan 2026 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn Countries, North America, TexasLeave a comment

Part 4 of our Texas road-trip. We drove from San Antonio to Houston visiting some painted churches and having a pit stop at Buc-ees!

San Antonio, Texas – A rainy day at the Japanese Tea Garden and the Missions.

On 8th Jan 2026 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn Countries, North America, TexasLeave a comment

Part 3 of our Texas road trip. It was a very rainy day for our last day in San Antonio so we visited the Japanese tea gardens and the Missions

San Antonio, Texas – the Riverwalk, Alamo and Natural Bridge Caverns.

On 7th Jan 20266th Jan 2026 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn Countries, North America, TexasLeave a comment

Part 2 of our Texas road trip. We made our way from Austin to San Antonio and visited the Riverwalk and Alamo. As a storm came in we als0 spent a day at the Natural Bridge Caverns - underground and sheltering from the rain!

Austin, Texas – 2 nights in Austin exploring the Capitol and visiting the bats.

On 6th Jan 2026 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn Countries, North America, TexasLeave a comment

Part 1 of our Texas road-trip - Austin. We spent the day in Austin visiting the State Capitol, eating at the Cheesecake factory and watching the bats fly out from under the Congress Bridge.

San Francisco, California – Golden Gate Visitor Centre and the Palace of Fine Arts

On 2nd Dec 2025 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn California, Countries, North AmericaLeave a comment

The final part of our Californian road-trip. We spent two days staying in a hotel near San Francisco airport and visited the Golden Gate Bridge Visitor Centre, the Palace of Fine Arts, Sutro Baths and Gray Whale Cove Beach

Muir Woods & Point Bonita Lighthouse, California

On 1st Dec 2025 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn California, Countries, North AmericaLeave a comment

Part 8 of our California road-trip. We visited Muir Woods and then worked our way south stopping off at Point Bonita Lighthouse and the Golden Gate Bridge Overlook to reach our hotel in San Francisco for our final two nights of our trip.

San Francisco, California – A day at Pier 39

On 28th Nov 2025 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn California, Countries, North AmericaLeave a comment

Part 7 of our California Road-trip. We did a day trip to Pier 39 to see the sea lions and eat at Bubba Gump's.

Point Reyes National Seashore, California

On 27th Nov 2025 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn California, Countries, North America1 Comment

Part 6 of our road-trip through California. We spent a day at Point Reyes National Seashore where we visited McClures Beach, hiked to Tomales Point, visited the lighthouse and walked the Chimney Rock Trail

Ano Nuevo, Pigeon Point, & Baker Beach, California

On 26th Nov 2025 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn California, Countries, North AmericaLeave a comment

Part 5 of our road-trip around California. We drove from Santa Cruz to San Francisco visiting Ano Nuevo State Park, Pigeon Point Lighthouse and Baker Beach on route.

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