Going to Texas in 2 weeks..

[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) 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?..

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 itself. Weather on the coast is still pretty ty 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 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

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

[baseline bum]

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 ). 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.