Give the Gift of Travel this Season

With the dog days of summer long gone and fall fading to a red-and-gold memory, in rural Louisiana the woodsmoke-scented days and frost-bright nights of early winter make Christmas feel real at last—its sights, sounds and smells ushering in memories of a simpler time.

If the idea of slowing down and sidestepping the holiday shopping frenzy sounds like like it belongs under your Christmas tree this year, you’re not alone. A recent study by The Center for Biological Diversity found that 90 percent of Americans surveyed indicated they wanted a less materialistic holiday season, preferring experience-based gifting to another haul of mass-produced worldly goods. This year, if giving the gift of experience sounds like it belongs on your Christmas list, indelible memories are waiting to be made in one of the most bewitching corners of Louisiana’s beautiful backyard. This holiday season, Sabine Parish invites you to give the gift of outdoor adventure in Toledo Bend Lake Country.