January 2020

January

In This Issue

Features

On the Trail of Cabeza de Vaca, Texas’ First Travel Writer

13 Trips to Take in Texas in 2020

Meet Tammie Jo Shults, American Hero Twice Over

Departments

Editor’s Note

Plan On It

My Hometown

Finding a Home on the Range in the Panhandle Town of Channing

Open Road

Prospecting for Musical Ghosts Along Lost Highways and Byways

Getaway

Taylor’s Influx of Creative Residents Breathes New Life into the Small Town

Speaking of Texas

Mo Amer Extracts Humor from the Hardships of Growing up a Refugee in Texas

Texana

How do I Love Thee? Victorian Romance Lives on in Waco

Drive / Wild

Embrace a New Year Full of Adventure

Drive / Savvy Traveler

Soar Across the State Aboard The Texas Eagle

Drive / Ticket

You Say You’ve Never Been to a Rodeo?

Plates

SRSLY Chocolates Bring the Bean-to-Bar Experience to Taylor

Plates

In Castroville, This Antique Gas Station Has Transformed into a Happening Cafe

Plates

Hutch’s Fried Pies Has Been Serving Weatherford for More Than 80 Years

Vintage

Happy and Carefree Days at the Old Store on Clear Creek

Daytripper

The Daytripper’s Top 5 in Wichita Falls

Sightseer

Fireworks Over Dallas’ Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge

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