Texas Trip
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J. Griffis Smith

1

Dive Into the Pool at Balmorhea State Park

Toyahvale

A person in a t-shirt sits on a rock overlooking a large canyon with numerous plants and trees

4

Hike the Trail to McKittrick Canyon

Guadalupe mountains national park

The exterior of a brick building with a sign reading "Harris Drugs" and paintings of guitars above the door

7

Visit the Woody Guthrie Museum

PAMPA

A school desk on top of a hill in a desert scene under blue sky

10

Leave Your Mark on the Desk at Hancock Hill

ALPINE

Statue of Selena overlooking Corpus Christi Bay

13

Honor the Queen of Tejano at the Selena Memorial Statue

Corpus Christi

A woman in a tan cowboy hat and brown chaps rides a white horse in front of a wooden saloon reading "street cowboy bar"

16

Visit the Cowboy Capital of the World

Bandera

19

Get Lost in the Big Thicket National Preserve

kountze

People walk across a vast expanse of flat salt under a cloudy, blue-tinted sky

22

Walk on Water at La Sal del Rey

Linn

The small Wichita Falls skyscraper

25

Visit the ‘World’s Littlest Skyscraper’

Wichita Falls

28

Tour the George W. Bush Presidential Library & Museum

Dallas

2

Visit the Gelman Stained Glass Museum

San Juan

5

Take a Sip at the Dr Pepper Museum

Waco

8

Two-Step at the Albert Dance Hall

Albert-Stonewall

The lit interior of one of the rooms within Longhorn Cavern State Park.

11

Explore the Depths of Longhorn Cavern

Burnet

14

Experience South Texas History at Casa Ortiz

Laredo

A collection of motorcycles outside of a gray building

17

Ride On at the Texas Vintage Motorcycle Museum

johnson city

Photo shows underneath the bridge, with a band playing in the distance at the base of an arch, with trees on the sides of the arch. Clouds in the sky are pink from the setting sun.

20

Attend a Concert Under Echo Bridge

San Antonio

23

Go Inside the Neon World of Meow Wolf

Grapevine, houston

The interior of an ornate cream and gold chapel, with a few wooden chairs and pews under a vaulted ceiling

26

Step Inside the San Fernando Cathedral

San Antonio

29

Ride a Horse with Big Bend & Lajitas Stables

Terlingua

Photo of a white sign in front of Texarkana's courthouse and post office

3

Straddle State Lines at This Post Office

Texarkana

Bright pink tulips in a green field in front of a building with a mural reading "Texas tulips" several times

6

Pick Your Own Flowers at Texas-Tulips

Pilot Point

Dry grass flows in front of a green mound in a bluish-purple sky

9

Tour the Caddo Mounds State Historic Site

Alto

A Longhorn cow with their calf in a grassy area

12

Meet the State of Texas Longhorn Herd

Quanah

A view of a tall bridge with red support beams and concrete underneath spanning over blue water across two large rocky canyon walls, set by blue sky

15

Brave New Heights at the Pecos River High Bridge

Val verde county

Beautiful blue sky and red and blue flags adorn a walkway with a sign "Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier" with people walking underneath

18

Join the Fun at Pleasure Pier

Galveston

21

Visit the Jimmy Dean Museum

Plainview

A person wearing an orange shirt and backpack stands at the top of a mountain peak

24

Ascend the Sky Islands of the Trans-Pecos

Chisos, Davis, & Guadalupe Mountains

Five mo’ai made of concrete stand in a green pasture under blue skies and clouds. Photo by John Nova Lomax.

27

Stand Among the Easter Island Heads of South Texas

Victoria

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