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My Favorite Texas Trip: Two Instrumental Guitarists Tour Through Far West Texas

My Favorite Texas Trip: Two Instrumental Guitarists Tour Through Far West Texas

Two winters ago, my friend Cameron Knowler and I were touring across Texas, playing concerts of instrumental music referencing jazz, country, and avant-garde guitarists to anyone who’d listen.

The Ten Commandments for Driving on Highways in Texas

The Ten Commandments for Driving on Highways in Texas

Did you know that in 2007 no less an authority than Pope Benedict XVI handed down a list of Ten Commandments for drivers?

My Favorite Texas Trip: Witnessing the Mysterious Marfa Lights

My Favorite Texas Trip: Witnessing the Mysterious Marfa Lights

My husband, Paul, and I are travel journalists who follow a few rules while we are on the road.

TravelComm Resources Page

Thank you so much for attending our session at TravelComm 2020! Below are links to the projects and ideas we talked about during the session.

My Favorite Texas Trip: A Retreat at St. Benedict Monastery

My Favorite Texas Trip: A Retreat at St. Benedict Monastery

I arrived at the St. Benedict Monastery in Canyon in the summer of 2015 to spend the week working on a few short stories.

My Favorite Texas Trip: Through the Aisles of H-E-B

My Favorite Texas Trip: Through the Aisles of H-E-B

For the past three semesters, after long days of classes at the University of Texas at Austin and shifts at our part-time jobs, my roommate, Selam, and I would pack our bags and jump in the car.

My Favorite Texas Trip: Nature’s Gifts in Lost Maples State Natural Area

My Favorite Texas Trip: Nature’s Gifts in Lost Maples State Natural Area

There were a few things I expected to give up when I moved from chilly Idaho to sunny Texas: excellent hiking, fun state parks, and abundant fall colors.

My Favorite Texas Trip: 15 Miles to Montrose

My Favorite Texas Trip: 15 Miles to Montrose

It took a few decades for me to realize that the most meaningful road trip of my life was a mere 15 miles long, and right outside my door.

My Favorite Texas Trip: To Grandmother’s House We Go

My Favorite Texas Trip: To Grandmother’s House We Go

Seeing that orange “W” logo about a mile before the Colorado River not only meant that we were eating at Whataburger for lunch, but that my grandma was there to meet us and drive me on to South Texas. I looked forward to spending time with my grandma every summer, as our laughs usually started when we got in her truck for the second leg of my trip.

My Favorite Texas Trip: Conquering Challenges on a Texas Gulf Coast Journey

My Favorite Texas Trip: Conquering Challenges on a Texas Gulf Coast Journey

Strange stuff can happen when you drive the coastline of Texas from the state’s southernmost tip to the Louisiana border.

My Favorite Texas Trip: On a Fayette County Prairie, a Saint for These Times

My Favorite Texas Trip: On a Fayette County Prairie, a Saint for These Times

In Dubina, the first Czech settlement in Texas, a simple white wooden church stands alone amid the Blackland Prairie and backroads of Fayette County.

My Favorite Texas Trip: The Time I Got Pulled Over at Gunpoint on I-10 Outside of Sealy

My Favorite Texas Trip: The Time I Got Pulled Over at Gunpoint on I-10 Outside of Sealy

“How had it come to this? What had I done?”
These were the thoughts flashing through my mind as I found myself on the shoulder of Interstate 10 outside of Sealy one summer day in 2005, on my knees, hands clasped behind my head, staring up at the barrels of not one but two guns.

Readers’ Favorite Texas Trip: The Eagles and East Texas

Readers’ Favorite Texas Trip: The Eagles and East Texas

Last December, I set off on a road trip; the solo kind, where the scenes outside the window and music are the driver’s only companions.

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