In my opinion some of the coolest places to visit in our Great State of Texas are the older State Parks built by the CCC back during the Depression. They made it their goal to use native materials and help…
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A bunch of y’all may have recognized by now that I absolutely love the Texas Gulf Coast. I don’t care whether it’s Galveston, Padre Island, Matagorda, Port Aransas, etc etc etc as long as I can dip my toes…
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In the last blog we discussed a couple really neat Texas caves you can go visit. As we previously said, most of the caves you can take a tour of are in the central Texas/hill country area because they are…
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This might have been a better topic for those super hot and humid, “Coastal Bake Oven” style days of mid July through…well…quite recently I suppose. Days when it’s so darn hot and still outside the idea of heading underground to…
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Well y’all, it’s finally October and that means two things that I can think of when traveling in Texas this month: Oktoberfest! Halloween Parties! If you’ve spent any amount of timing driving around Texas during the month of October, you’ve…
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FM 170 is a little known, but quite beautiful drive in West TX. The unassuming highway parallels the Rio Grande in Presidio and Brewster Counties for over 100 miles. It’s an exciting road to travel in that it is located…
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Some folks don’t feel like they need to do all the typical Louisiana tourist spots like Bourbon St, the French Quarter, the casinos, the Tabasco Island, etc etc etc. Some folks prefer smaller crowds, less stress, and perhaps a little…
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Ah, the French. Ah, the Italians. Ah, the Sicilians. Ah, the Greeks. Ah, the Californians? All these places have very famous wine-growing regions, and justifiably so, frankly. Luckily you do not need to learn a new language or drive very far,…
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Last year we talked about some BBQ joints here in Texas that are justifiably famous – some for the BBQ, some for longevity. Now that the edge is starting to come off of summer and a lot of folks from…
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Folks, with the summer winding down and those hot hot hot August days behind us, there may be only a few weekends left to hit the ol swimming hole. I mean, what’s better on a hot day than heading down…
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