Anaqua Festival at Rancho Richey Refuge near Belmont is some real family entertainment around the campfire with music and storytelling, food and guides included, Mar. 27-28. 383-TXTX or http://www.io.com/~zow.

Season-Opening Celebration at the Orange Show in Houston, 2402 Munger, after a winter restoration has the neighborhood theme park better than new, Mar. 27. Take the kids to the Easter Orange Hunt hosted by Don Sanders at the Orange Show, Apr. 4. 713/926-6368 or http://www.insync.net/~orange.

Easter Festival in Pflugerville’s Heritage Park lets kids up to 11 years old practice hunting eggs, Mar. 27. 512/251-5082.

Coming up …

Exhibit on Slavery in the South continues at the Texarkana Historical Museum, giving a look at the conditions on plantations, including Texas ones, through July 6. 903/792-6037.

Sustainable Forestry in Texas Photography Contest sponsored by the Texas Forestry Association has a deadline for entries of May 15. 409/632-8733.

Day Trips, Vol.2, a book of Day Trips 101-200, is now available for $8.95, plus $3.05 for shipping, handling, and tax. Mail to: Day Trips, P.O. Box 33284, South Austin, TX 78704. 409th in a Series. Collect them all.

This article appears in March 26 • 1999 and March 26 • 1999 (Cover).

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Gerald E. McLeod joined the Chronicle staff in November 1980 as a graphic designer. In April 1991 he began writing the “Day Trips” column. Besides the weekly travel column, he contributed “101 Swimming Holes,” “Guide to Central Texas Barbecue,” and “Guide to the Texas Hill Country.” His first 200 columns have been published in Day Trips Vol. I and Day Trips Vol. II.