Category: Texas

For my 60th birthday I was given the experience of a lifetime with a day at the Richard Petty Driving Experience at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth. Excited and apprehensive, I arrived at the track early in the morning …

A day or week-end at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth is an exciting experience, and for millions who live within a couple of hour’s drive from Fort Worth, this is a great mini-vacation, for a week-end or a day …

Cowboys. Cattle. Culture – “One of these things surely doesn’t belong.” Except, I recently discovered, in the lively mosaic of experiences found in Forth Worth, Texas, it all belongs! I also discovered I didn’t have enough time! Forth Worth could …

What’s exciting to do in Waco? More than you’d ever imagine! All our lives we’d heard about Waco, Texas and, being Easterners, just the very name sounded so Western and so filled with “Heart-of-Texas” lore. We knew Waco was located …

Those people on the Lost TV show have nothing on this lone woman traveler who doesn’t have the slightest vestige of the “direction gene.” Just so that you, fellow traveler, and all the locals who gave me directions will know, …

The day I spent in Galveston, Texas, at Moody Gardens was one of my most enjoyable ever for a day of learning fun. In summer you can begin with your family making castles on the beach in the white sand …

I knew my home state was great and had a lot to offer, but I am one of the native Texans that thought I have to go out of state to be adventurous and enjoy my vacation. So when I …

Real travel adventures on back roads are about 16 miles from the Oklahoma border on Highway 271, and  109 miles Northeast of Dallas on Highway 19/24,   Paris, TX has a population of  nearly 26,000.   The movie “Paris, Texas,” which was  …

In the little town of Paris, Texas, you will find a new diner worth the drive from anywhere! Pop’s Place is a true 50’s experience with Marilyn Monroe and Elvis smiling at you from all four walls. Owned and operated …

One of the most interesting places in Texas is the Fort Worth Historic Stockyards, an area you’ll find much entertainment for the entire family. It’s a great way to spend a few hours while waiting between planes, or a half …