One of the world's largest bat colonies is Bracken Cave near Austin. Indian Lodge is a historic white adobe inn at Davis Mountains State Park, about 200 miles southeast of El Paso. The rustic inn is the ideal base camp for day-trips in and around the park. Families can hike, explore Fort Davis which is a historic town with a frontier fort, and attend a stargazing party at the renowned McDonald Observatory. Houston and the Johnson Space Center.
Loonies equal dollars in Texas.