Northwest Links

If you are like me, you enjoy finding new and different places which are only a short drive from where you live.

And what makes it doubly enjoying is when one has friends along.

While Houston has quite a number of attractions, often all I want to do is get away from the hustle and bustle of Houston.

The purpose of this site is to give you the places and sites friends and I have explored and to give you our ”rating” of these places.

The good news is it will include both a male and a female viewpoints and ratings.

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 Northwest Links Travel Journal

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Activities

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Bed & Breakfasts

  • Ant Street Inn Bed & Breakfast
    A bed and breakfast located in downtown Brenham Texas, the Ant Street Inn is a gloriously self indulgent historic country inn.
  • Far View Bed and Breakfast
    Located in Brenham on a two-acre residential retreat is surrounded by stately trees and manicured grounds, Far View is a richly restored 1925 prairie-style home .
  • Heather’s Glen
  • Mariposa Bed and Breakfast
    Mariposa Ranch Bed and Breakfast is located on a 100-acre working ranch on the historic La Bahia Trail.
  • McLachlan Farm Bed and Breakfast
    A Spring, Texas bed and breakfast treasure and country wedding haven with Victorian rose arbor, nestled amidst 50 acres of shady seclusion.
  • Outpost @ Cedar Creek Inn
    OutpostCedarCreekBrenham Texas Bed and Breakfast – Outpost at Cedar Creek Bed and Breakfast in Round top Texas offers lodging accommodations on 51 wooded acres.

  • Southern Rose Ranch and Bed & Breakfast
    Southern Rose Ranch and Bed & BreakfastBeautiful guesthouse on a storybook ranch. Two separate suites; perfect for romantic couples, families or ladies shopping trips.

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Businesses

  • Antique Rose Emporium
  • Bluebell
  • Bluebell!Simply put, the world’s best ice cream. They “offer guided plant tours weekdays throughout the year, but are closed on weekends. The Country Store & Ice Cream Parlor are open most Saturdays, so you can shop around and treat yourself to a big helping of your favorite Blue Bell flavor.”
  • Chappell Hill Sausage
    Looking for some really good, down-home sausage?
  • Messina Hof Winery & Resort
    With tours, festivals, the Harvest Pickers Club, wine seminars, Vintner Dinners and other events, there is something for everybody.
  • Pleasant Hill Winery
    Texas has a number of fine wineries. This is another.
  • Southern Empress Cruises
    Southern Empress CruisesEver wanted to be on a real sternwheeler river boat? To step back in time to a simpler, yet richer time? A time of sumptuous hospitality and Victorian splendor? Don’t miss this one.
  • Salmon Lake Park
  • Skydive Houston
  • Spring Creek Growers
    Spring Creek GrowersExperience a "Country Christmas" at Spring Creek Growers, a turn-of-the-century farmstead where you can choose and cut your own Christmas tree.

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Farms and Ranches

  • King’s Orchard
    King's Orchard is the place where you can harvest your own right off tree. Fruit variety abounds with strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, and figs in their seasons.
  • Matt Family Orchard
    Pick your own fruit and berries.
  • Mill Hollow Christmas Tree Farms
    Mill Hollow is a Texas Christmas tree farm for families with children of all ages.
  • Monastery Miniature Horses
    Owned and operated by the Franciscan Poor Clare Nuns, the monastery opens its grounds to visitors Tues. - Sat. from 1:30 - 4:00 PM.
  • Nueces Canyon Ranch
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    This scenic 135 acre working ranch resort is nestled in the rolling hills and green meadows of rural Washington County, the birthplace of Texas Independence, in the heart of Texas' bluebonnet and wildflower country.
  • Oil Ranch
    The Oil Ranch, located in Hockley, Tx, offers a wide variety of activities including pony rides, hayrides, milking a cow, train rides, petting zoo, mini-golf and more.
  • Peckerwood Garden Conservation Foundation
    A unique garden with rare plants and trees of origin from the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico.
  • Shiloh Ranch
    Shiloh RanchLocated in beautiful Washington County, Shiloh Ranch offers a number of trail ride lesson combinations on 60 acres.  It's a beautiful place to ride on the ranch & near by ranches. They train horses from less than 1 year of age to older horses with problems. They can also teach you to train your own horses.

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Museums, Buildings and Homes

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Parks and Amusement Parks

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Resorts

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Restaurants

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Shopping

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Other

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State of Texas Tourism and local Chamber of Commerce web sites

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