The Armadillo Christmas Bazaar continues through Christmas Eve at Palmer Events Center near downtown Austin.
The Texas Renaissance Festival offers patrons a variety of medieval entertainment, food, shops and fun. The festival continues through Dec. 1. and is a little less than a three-hour drive away in Todd Mission. For more information, go to www.texrenfest.com.
The Lampasas Badgers beat the Burnet Bulldogs 45-13 in their game Friday night in Badger Stadium.
Don’s Fish Camp in Martindale (about 100 miles from Fort Hood) allows visitors a chance to float along the San Marcos River.
The Houston Zoo is about 200 miles from Fort Hood and has plenty of animals for the entire Family to see. The zoo is open is open 9 a.m.-7 p.m., seven days a week. For more information, go to www.houstonzoo.org.
Sherwood Forest Faire is only about an hour and 30 minutes away (35 miles east of Austin) and runs until April 21.
The Rio Grande river snakes through Big Bend National Park separating the United States from Mexico.
The Austin Zoo was established in 1990, but was called Good Day Ranch until 1994. The name was changed, because the facility went from caring only for domestic farm animals to exotic wildlife animals as well. The zoo is about a 25 minute drive away from downtown Austin. Its mission is to ass…
