March 2019 March Features Photographers Capture Texas’ Spectacular Variety of Wildflowers in Every Region of the State Explore the Birthplace of Boogie Woogie Along US 59 in East Texas 4 Alternative Spring Break Trips Departments Editor’s Note Texas Highways Magazine Celebrates 45 Years of Traveling Texas Sightseer Photo: Clymer Meadow Preserve My Hometown My Hometown: Artist Lindy Chambers Finds Inspiration Along the Backroads of Bellville Open Road A Travel-Loving Mom Shares Her Road Trip Wisdom with Her Teenage Daughter Getaway In Ennis, Wildflowers Beckon Weekenders in Pursuit of Small-Town Charm Speaking of Texas Antiques Roadshow Star Bruce Shackelford’s Eye for Objects Has Taken Him from Abilene to Reality TV Drive / Souvenir Class Up Your Look in a Peter Brothers Custom Hat that Brims with History Drive / Family Watch Out for Tiny ‘Fairy Shrimp’ on Your Next Hike Up Enchanted Rock Drive / Detour Escape the Urban Freeway with a Motorcycle Jaunt Through the Hill Country Drive / Wild Rock Paintings at Hueco Tanks Reveal Clues About Ancient Visitors Plates 5 Texas Restaurants That Will Change Your Mind About Vegan Food Plates Ben Milam Whiskey Honors a Texas Revolutionary Plates Fire Street Pizza Brings Neapolitan Fare to Belton Texana Taking the Waters: The Fascinating History of Texas’ Mineral-Water Resorts Daytripper The Daytripper’s Top 5 in Sweetwater Vintage The 50th Anniversary of LBJ’s Return to his Texas Hill Country Ranch