Going to Texas in 2 weeks..

[HarlemHeat37]

So, I'm going to Texas in 2 weeks with my girl and her sister, we're going to start in Dallas IIRC..

Any suggestions, tbh?..

They want to check out "authentic, old-style Texas", not just big cities like Dallas/Austin(all 3 of us are from big cities)..her sister was thinking of Amarillo(don't know anything about it) and mentioned San Antonio(I only know about the negative reviews from ST:lol) as a few places to see..

We'll be there for a week..what's worth checking out?..

[Nbadan]

Amarillo?

:lol

[HarlemHeat37]

I don't know why she wants to go there, she just mentioned it to me:lol..

I guess she heard it was an "old-style" Texas city, or at least thinks it is..

[DeadlyDynasty]

I've mentioned it before, but unless you have a fetish for Waffle Houses, Motel Sixes, and truck stop whores, drive straight through Amarillo and don't look back.

[RD2191]

Amarillo is pretty ghetto tbh. I lived there for a few years growing up. And what do they mean by authentic Texas? Amarillo has a shit load of feedlots and cattle farms but as for Cowboys they're rare nowadays. Dalhart has a decent amount of Cowboys but most of them live out in the country and outskirts of town. I mean of course you will probably see a shitload of wannabe white boys and girls who think they're country just because they're white and listen to cheap pop country music but they really aren't shit.

[RD2191]

I've mentioned it before, but unless you have a fetish for Waffle Houses, Motel Sixes, and truck stop whores, drive straight through Amarillo and don't look back.
I agree, tbh.

[HarlemHeat37]

Meaning something less commercialized and with less of a "big city feeling" than Dallas, tbh..

Anyways, outside of that, what's worth doing in Dallas/Houston/Austin/SA?..

[TE]

Make the trip down to the RGV. If you're going to be here in two weeks, the weather will be perfect for a trip to SPI tbh.

[HarlemHeat37]

Make the trip down to the RGV. If you're going to be here in two weeks, the weather will be perfect for a trip to SPI tbh.

Thanks, homie..

[Nbadan]

San Antonio - Austin
Houston - Galveston
Dallas - Fort Worth

[RD2191]

Maybe you could try the Fredericksburg area, a shitload of little shops and what not that your wife would probably love. They have a rich German heritage and it shows all over their town. The main street is pretty fun to get some drinks and chill.

[DPG21920]

Obviously go to Austin. Fredericksburg is great as well. Can hit them both quite easily (about 1.45 hours from each other).

[DPG21920]

If you are going to Dallas for sure, absolutely go to the Dallas World Aquarium. It's the coolest thing in Dallas IMO..

[RD2191]

*girl my bad

[mrsmaalox]

Fredericksburg is a great idea. If you spend any time in SA, it only takes a few hours to visit Blanco and Johnson City. Those are definitely authentic old-style Texas. A week may not give you enough time, but west Texas is pretty authentic; Marfa, Alpine (my home town :)), Marathon, etc there are a bunch. And it's the gateway to spectacular Big Bend.

[The Reckoning]

el paso but it's wayyyy the fuck out there. corpus/austin/dallas/san antonio/houston all have that big city feel to them.

if you go to the valley make sure you know someone there....lol i would never go there alone unless i was touring the king ranch or going to padre.

fredericksburg is badass. kerrville is pretty cool if there's a festival happening. port aransas if you want to go to a beach town but don't want to drive all the fuck out to padre. schlitterbahn is closed right now but the indoor parks in galveston and south padre island are still open.

you can go to gruene and check out the dance hall there..gruene hall... see if there are any good bands playing.

victoria actually has a night life now :lol and is 60kish people. it's all cattle oil and gas so i guess that's "authentic" texas. plus if you go to schroeder hall youll see real shit kickers doing the two step. we have the old spanish missions and shit too.

make sure to grab some authentic tex-mex (low key restaurants. usually best when attached to a gas station imo.) while you're here and some brisket (black's is a safe bet). drink sweet tea. eat nothing but whataburger in between.



you'll find out quickly that texas is fucking massive and no way can you see the whole state in a week. i'd have it to where you can spend at least two weekends here. maybe one in a big city (austin) and one in a smaller town (fredericksburg or vict:lolria.)

texas is one of the best places in the world to live. people don't realize how nice they have it down here imo. i think you'll have a blast.

[oh crap]

victoria actually has a night life now :lol and is 60kish people.


:lmao

Victoria? Attended a cousins wedding in Victoria a while back, just because they got a buffalo wild wings now certainly doesn't mean it's popping. You have to grow up there to appreciate it since it's the "city" around those parts.

[Chomag]

Like The Reckoning said There is a shit ton of things to do and see in Texas, but the downfall is it's very spread out. I'll mention Wimberley since no one else has, it's a very pretty small city in the hill country and is a nice visit especially during market days, and there are plenty of nice scenic drives around the area as well. honestly though you really cant go wrong visiting anything in the Hill Country area of Texas.

If you do go to Fredricksburg I highly recommend heading slightly out of town (10-15 min drive) To Enchanted Rock.

[The Reckoning]

:lmao

Victoria? Attended a cousins wedding in Victoria a while back, just because they got a buffalo wild wings now certainly doesn't mean it's popping. You have to grow up there to appreciate it since it's the "city" around those parts.


the eagleford shale has been good to victoria. the boom brought in a ton of investors.


there's a few bars now including greeks 205, shooter's and steve-a-reno's blues bar that brings in bands from austin. i grew up there and i know that there wasn't absolutely shit to do, but it's all changing until the boom settles.

they're even trying to develop the guadalupe into a sort of high class riverwalk area and when i was growing up you'd only go there to get bit by a water moccasin.


plus they want to see "authentic" texas. it's a small town area no doubt but it is as close to authentic as it gets.

[FkLA]

south side SA tbh :tu

[Rogue]

Amarillo is certainly a must-go for you guys, the city's name fits your skin so perfectly you wouldn't allow yourself to miss it imho.

[Spur|n|Austin]

Maybe you could try the Fredericksburg area, a shitload of little shops and what not that your wife would probably love. They have a rich German heritage and it shows all over their town. The main street is pretty fun to get some drinks and chill.

Good suggestion; tbh.

Come on down to Austin; it's got a small town feel in a big city. Don't think there is anything big planned in the next couple of weeks, as it's the calm before the SXSW storm, but it's impossible to be bored in this city.

[DisAsTerBot]

Marfa tbh

[baseline bum]

We'll be there for a week..what's worth checking out?..

The airport and a flight to California tbh

[mrsmaalox]

The airport and a flight to California tbh

Smartass.

[baseline bum]

Fredericksburg is a great idea. If you spend any time in SA, it only takes a few hours to visit Blanco and Johnson City. Those are definitely authentic old-style Texas. A week may not give you enough time, but west Texas is pretty authentic; Marfa, Alpine (my home town :)), Marathon, etc there are a bunch. And it's the gateway to spectacular Big Bend.

Yeah, West Texas is by far the best part of the state with great hiking in Big Bend and the darkest night sky in the lower 48 states of the US. If you time it right they allow you to look through 36" research telescopes at the McDonald Observatory near Alpine for a lousy $9 admission fee to the star parties.

[baseline bum]

Palo Duro Canyon is nice if your girl is dead set on Amarillo.

[Koolaid_Man]

So, I'm going to Texas in 2 weeks with my girl and her sister, we're going to start in Dallas IIRC..

Any suggestions, tbh?..

They want to check out "authentic, old-style Texas", not just big cities like Dallas/Austin(all 3 of us are from big cities)..her sister was thinking of Amarillo(don't know anything about it) and mentioned San Antonio(I only know about the negative reviews from ST:lol) as a few places to see..

We'll be there for a week..what's worth checking out?..

So what happened to your trip to Europe? Lol. Realized you couldn't afford it lol..

[HarlemHeat37]

Huh? I did go..why are you obsessed with Harlem's trip to Europe?:lmao..

Btw, I was going to ask you, do you think your dad would let us stay in his mansion while we're in TX, Ceddy?..

[I. Hustle]

If you go to the Austin area then hit up all those small towns. I say go to Lockhart.

If your chick is hot then bring her over to SA. I'll show her around.

[The Batman]

Meaning something less commercialized and with less of a "big city feeling" than Dallas, tbh..

Anyways, outside of that, what's worth doing in Dallas/Houston/Austin/SA?..
6th street in Austin obviously.

[djohn2oo8]

Meaning something less commercialized and with less of a "big city feeling" than Dallas, tbh..

Anyways, outside of that, what's worth doing in Dallas/Houston/Austin/SA?..
Anything downtown Houston. Or Kemah. Nasa is just about overdone as the Alamo but it's there. Moody Gardens in Galveston. Houston Improv.

[baseline bum]

If you go to the Austin area then hit up all those small towns. I say go to Lockhart.

If your chick is hot then bring her over to SA. I'll show her around.

Lockhart has badass bbq, but what else can you do there? I always just pick up my brisket and sausage and drive back to SA.

[ChumpDumper]

Don't bother with Amarillo or RGV on your first trip. Too little return for too much driving.You will get tremendous diversity driving south from Dallas on either side of 35. You can plan all kinds of side trips to little places in the hill country or central Texas. East Texas can go fuck itself. Weather on the coast is still pretty shitty but a must if you like seafood.

PBS here has a corny but fun show that could give you some ideas.

http://thedaytripper.com/daytrips/

[Spur|n|Austin]

6th street in Austin obviously.

Obviously, not.

[ChumpDumper]

6th street in Austin obviously.If your into urine, I guess.

[monosylab1k]

Yeah go to Lockhart and Taylor for BBQ. Agree with DPG about the Dallas World Aquarium. If you feel touristy visit the spot on Elm where JFK got it through his head that we didn't want him in Texas.

[I. Hustle]

Lockhart has badass bbq, but what else can you do there? I always just pick up my brisket and sausage and drive back to SA.

Just sayin' if they are going to be in that area they should pass through there. THE spot for BBQ. Real BBQ. Texas BBQ.

[DisAsTerBot]

yeah don't go to 6th street. East 6th maybe

[blkroadrunners]

King Ranch tbh

[thispego]

the eagleford shale has been good to victoria. the boom brought in a ton of investors.


there's a few bars now including greeks 205, shooter's and steve-a-reno's blues bar that brings in bands from austin. i grew up there and i know that there wasn't absolutely shit to do, but it's all changing until the boom settles.

they're even trying to develop the guadalupe into a sort of high class riverwalk area and when i was growing up you'd only go there to get bit by a water moccasin.


plus they want to see "authentic" texas. it's a small town area no doubt but it is as close to authentic as it gets.

That would be sick. It's crazy how under utilized the Guadalupe is in Victoria. You'd never knew it ran right through Victoria unless you lived there.

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

Yeah, West Texas is by far the best part of the state

:lmao what exactly is good about barren land, hillbillies, and air so disgusting you can practically chew the oil?

[baseline bum]

:lmao what exactly is good about barren land, hillbillies, and air so disgusting you can practically chew the oil?

The hiking in the Big Bend area is awesome, the night sky where you can see the arm of the Milky Way and see stars down to magnitude +7 with the naked eye is pretty cool, the humidity is low. But yeah, the air coming up from Mexico can get pretty nasty near the border sometimes.

[The Reckoning]

That would be sick. It's crazy how under utilized the Guadalupe is in Victoria. You'd never knew it ran right through Victoria unless you lived there.


google the pump house (no homo). that's what they've been doing to a high degree of success. i think they're trying to get other private businesses in there to use their model.

[mrsmaalox]

The hiking in the Big Bend area is awesome, the night sky where you can see the arm of the Milky Way and see stars down to magnitude +7 with the naked eye is pretty cool, the humidity is low. But yeah, the air coming up from Mexico can get pretty nasty near the border sometimes.

I love Big Bend. Also love the Davis Mountains. I'm considering going to live there.

[DMC]

That would be sick. It's crazy how under utilized the Guadalupe is in Victoria. You'd never knew it ran right through Victoria unless you lived there.

Or unless you worked at a Taco Bell near there.

[baseline bum]

I love Big Bend. Also love the Davis Mountains. I'm considering going to live there.

Fort Davis, Marfa, or Alpine? Can't go wrong either way.

[Robz4000]

Rodeo should still be going down in SA. Might be worth hitting up too, but I've never been to any other rodeo so for all I know it's like any other.

It hasn't been mentioned yet but if you wanna see old school Texas hit up Bandera. Its close enough to Kerrville and Fredericksburg that you can hit up all three in a few hours.

[I. Hustle]

All that is nothing compared to the old school Texas you can find at Cosmic Cowboy's place.