There is this awesome place near New Braunfels called Natural Bridge Caverns. 

It is one of the most beautiful caverns in the world and is a must-see if you’re visiting in New Braunfels or even San Antonio.

You can take a few different tours in Natural Bridge Caverns. 

The Discovery Tour is an incredible underground world of natural beauty. It lasts for 75 minutes and goes through a half mile of the cavern.

There is also the Hidden Passages tour that takes about an hour. We’ve seen some amazing formations on this one, including what they call “soda-straw stalactites”.

If you like to do more daring things, they have the Adventure Tours. This is where you become more like a cavern explorer! You get to climb, rappel by rope, and hike through the caverns. On the Hidden Passages adventure tour, your only light comes from the light on your helmet. This is awesome!

Because of the nature of these adventure tours, there are age limits. For example, you have to be older than 12 to go on the Hidden passages adventure tour. You also have to make reservations to go on the adventure tours.

There is lots of stuff to do there with the kids! There is this mining thing where you can buy a little pouch and you can go pan it in water and find jewels, arrowheads, and even gold!

You can also have business meetings and birthday parties at Natural Bridge Caverns!

Just outside of Natural Bridge Caverns is a GIANT zipline and a huge climbing tower. Someone said these are the biggest in Texas.

 If you’re going to be in New Braunfels, don’t miss out on this fantastic place! I’m going there for a field trip this week and I can’t wait! It’s gonna be SO much fun!

I highly recommend going!

We got WIRED in Canton, Texas! That’s right… we had flew through the air on the Wired zip lines in Canton!

I’ve always been a fan of the monthly flea market in Canton. We’ve been a few times a year ever since the kids were in strollers.

Now that they are teenagers, it gets harder to find fun things to do that we can all enjoy together.

While visiting Canton this past November we noticed the zip line across from the First Monday Trade Days. The kids were all for trying it, but I was a bit hesitant as I’m not too sure about high places. I must tell you how much fun we had.

We all had to do practice zips before going out on the course and the guides were very patient and encouraging. Any fears I had dissolved after my first zip. It was a smooth ride that made me feel like I was flying.

Both my 17 year old son and my 15 year old daughter loved the experience. The guides with our group were very safety minded and gave us tips on how to ride better and faster.

The zip line has four long zips broken up by two wooden bridges and several areas to climb up. It took us a little over an hour from beginning to end. All in all it was a great adventure that really added to our day of shopping.

We are planning to make another visit to Canton this spring and will be sure to stop by the zip line.

If you are looking for an exhilarating experience to share with your teens, this is it! The web site is ziptheusa.com