RV Your Way To Turkey, Texas!

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Bob Wills is still the king!! No less an authority than the likes of Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, or Willie Nelson Himself have proclaimed the everlasting influence of Texas’ own Bob Wills’ impact on country music in general, and Texas music specifically. Good news is, Bob Wills’ hometown of Turkey, TX up in the panhandle plays host to Bob Will’s Days the last Saturday of every April. This years festivities kick off on the weekend of April 24-26.

Over the years the festival has been a reunion of sorts of the last remaining Texas Playboys who backed Bob Wills from the 30’s through to the very early 70’s before Bob’s stroke. Now it is a celebration of one of the most fun-loving music forms native to Texas: Western Swing. You can eat BBQ, drink beer, and kick up dust to some of the most talented old-timers and next generation musicians this Fine State has produced. Back in the day if you got unruly, they wouldn’t throw you in jail…they’d toss you in a stock trailer until you got your wits about you then let you back out to enjoy the weekend, no harm done. This year they are having their 4th annual BBQ Cookoff, there’s a dance every night, the Lions Club offers suppers, and the high school cheerleaders are running the concessions. If you like small town, out-in-the-country fun, this fest is for you.

Turkey, TX is in that part of the state that is so flat, you could stand on a beer can and see the North Pole! You can get there from I-40 by heading south on Hwy 70 through Clarendon, or if you’re heading out from the Dallas area, take 287 through Wichita Falls and Childress until it intersects 86. Head west on 86 until you’ve got Turkey in your sights. What’s your favorite Bob Wills tune? “Faded Love”? “San Antonio Rose”? Leave a comment in the section below and tell us all about it, and remember to visit PPL Motorhomes.com before you hit the trail!