Fort Hood

Our years stationed in Texas were some of the most memorable for our family. We had so much fun marking items off of our Fort Hood Bucket List!

After PCS-ing there, I found more than 150 things to do at Fort Hood and across the state of Texas. So that we never had any reason to be bored.

(You can find the full list here: The BEST Fort Hood and Texas Bucket List.)

Here are all of the things that we marked off of the list during our time there!

On Post at Fort Hood

Fort Hood Bucket List: paint something at the Apache Arts and Craft Center
#1: Paint something at the Apache Arts & Craft Center.
Fort Hood Bucket List: See a free-range cow roaming around Fort Hood.
#3: See some of the free-range cows.
The Mounted Weapons Demonstration at Fort Cavazos, Texas.
#2: Watch the 1st Cav Mounted Weapons Demonstration.
#4: See the BLORA Christmas lights.

Killeen

Fort Cavazos Bucket List: go to Urban Air in Killeen.
#5: Play at Urban Air.
Fort Cavazos Bucket List: Lions Club in Killeen
#7: Go swimming at Lions Club Park.
Fort Cavazos Bucket List: eat a weird burger at Galaxy Burger
#6: Eat a weird burger at Galaxy B&G.

Around Fort Hood

Girl feeding zebra out of car window at Topsey Exotic Zoo in Texas.
#8: Feed the animals at Topsey Exotic Ranch.
Fort Cavazos Bucket List: see a movie at the Last Drive-In Picture Show
#10: See a movie at the Last Drive-In Picture Show.
Fort Cavazos Bucket List: check out the pool at City Park in Copperas Cove
#12: Cool off at Copperas Cove City Park pool.
Chalk Ridge Falls in Belton, TX is one of our favorite Fort Hood hikes.
#14: Play in the waterfall at Chalk Ridge Falls.
things to do in Lampasas, Texas with kids
#16: See the World’s Largest Spur.
#18: See a movie at the Cove Theater.
Fort Cavazos Bucket List: see the Grove ghost town
#9: See The Grove ghost town.
Fort Cavazos Bucket List: go swimming at Belton Lake
#11: Go swimming at Belton Lake.
Hanna Springs Sculpture Garden in Lampasas, Texas
#13: Go for a walk at the Hanna Springs Sculpture Garden.
Fishing near Fort Hood at Rivers Bend Park.
#15: Go fishing at Stillhouse Hollow Lake.
things to do in Lampasas with kids
#17: Cool off at Hancock Springs.
Fort Cavazos Bucket List: Lions Junction water park in Temple
#19: Go down a waterslide at Lions Junction Water Park.

Waco

Fort Cavazos Bucket List: shop at the Magnolia Silos
#20: Shop at Magnolia/the Silos.
Fort Cavazos Bucket List: get a picture of the Alico building
#22: Take a picture of the Alico building.
One of the fossils at Waco Mammoth National Monument.
#21: See the Waco Mammoth.
The lookout tower at Mother Neff State Park in Texas.
#23: Climb the tower at Mother Neff State Park.

Austin

Fort Cavazos Bucket List: ride bikes at Zilker Park in Austin
#24: Ride bikes through Zilker Park.
#26: Explore SoCo (South Congress Ave.)
McKinney Falls in Austin, Texas
#25: Visit McKinney Falls State Park.
Fort Cavazos Bucket List: get some tacos at Torchy's
#27: Get some tacos at Torchy’s.

Fort Cavazos Day Trips

Fossilized dinosaur footprints in the bottom of a river in Texas
#28: Find dinosaur tracks in the bottom of the river.
World's largest fire hydrant in Beaumont, TX.
#30: See the world’s largest fire hydrant.
The Luckenbach post office and general store
#32: Two-step in Luckenbach.
Pedernales Falls is one of the most popular waterfalls in Texas.
#34: Hike to Pedernales Falls.
Blue Hole Park in Georgetown is a beautiful slice of paradise in Texas!
#36: Go swimming at Blue Hole Park.
It's only $1 a scoop at the Blue Bell Creamery Ice Cream Parlor!
#29: Get some ice cream at the Blue Bell Creamery.
Round Top, Texas is home of the famous Round Top Antique Show
#31: Shop for antiques in Round Top.
#33: Cool off in the waterfall at Krause Springs.
Man carrying his purchases to the parking lot after shopping at Round Top Antique Show in Texas.
#35: Shop the flea market in the fields of Warrenton.
In front of Gorman Falls at Colorado Bend State Park in Texas.
#37: Hike to Gorman Falls.

San Antonio

#38: See the Alamo.
Fort Cavazos Bucket List: Take a boat tour at the Riverwalk.
#40: Take a boat tour at the Riverwalk.
Fort Cavazos Bucket List: go to the top of the Tower of Americas in San Antonio
#39: Go to the top of the Tower of Americas.
#41: Hike to the top of Old Baldy.

Dallas-Fort Worth & Surrounding Areas

Things to do at Fort Cavazos: Take Heff to the Warhammer Store in Grapevine.
#42: Take Heff to the Warhammer Store in Grapevine.
Inside the largest used bookstore in the state of Texas.
#44: Visit the largest used bookstore in Texas.
A gun identical to the one used by Oswald to shoot President Kennedy.
#46: Visit the Sixth Floor Museum/see where JFK was shot.
The gift shop at Southfork ranch in Dallas.
#48: Visit South Fork Ranch where the TV show ‘Dallas’ was filmed.
Longhorn at the Fort Worth Stockyards cattle drive.
#43: Visit the Fort Worth Stockyards.
Dimebag Darrell's grave near Dallas, Texas.
#45: Take Heff to see Dimebag Darrell’s grave.
Some of John Wayne's hats at the museum at the Fort Worth Stockyards.
#47: Visit the John Wayne Museum.
Things to do at Fort Cavazos: Walk through historic downtown Grapevine.
#49: Walk through historic downtown Grapevine.

Houston

Houston City Pass- NASA Johnson Space Center
#50: Visit the NASA Space Center.
chimpanzee playing with little girl at the zoo in Houston
#52: Talk to the chimps at the Houston Zoo.
robot sculpture made of used phones at the Children's Museum in Houston
#54: Let the kids play at the Children’s Museum.
A huge cylindrical fish tank at the Houston Aquarium.
#51: Check out the Downtown Aquarium.
Houston City Pass Museum of Natural History
#53: Go to the Museum of Natural Science.
#55: Visit the Waterwall.

Corpus Christi & the Texas Coast

Girls riding boogie boards at a Texas beach. A summer adventure.
#56: Spend the day on the beach in Galveston.
Things to do at Fort Cavazos: see the battleship in Galveston.
#57: Tour the USS Stewart and USS Cavalla.

North Texas

things to do in Amarillo Texas eat at the Big Texan Steak Ranch
#58: Eat rattlesnake at the Big Texan Steak Ranch.
Things to do at Fort Cavazos: see Buddy Holly's home in Lubbock, Texas.
#60: Visit Buddy Holly’s home in Lubbock.
The 2nd Amendment Cowboy standing tall near Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo, Texas.
#62: Drive part of the original Route 66.
#59: Graffiti a car at Cadillac Ranch.
The Lighthouse Formation at Palo Duro Canyon State Park in Texas.
#61: Hike to the Lighthouse in Palo Duro Canyon.
#63: See the Prairie Dog Town in Lubbock.

Miscellaneous Texas Things

Chasing Texas bluebonnets
#64: Take pictures in the bluebonnets.
#66: Stop for snacks at Bucees.
Things to do at Fort Cavazos: Eat some Texas bbq.
#65: Eat some Texas barbeque.