Kathryn Hopper is a Texas-based travel writer who has explored the hiking trails of North Texas (no, they aren't all inside the Galleria, Grapevine Mills and NorthPark Center) and devised family friendly road trips throughout the Southwest. A mother of four, she likes to postpone laundry and pry her kids off their PlayStation 3 to head outside and enjoy North Texas' great nature centers, parks and trails. For more, go to www.kathrynhopper.com