TRAVEL
Trip to Bountiful: Texas Highways Wildflower Drives
For the enlightened and adventurous traveler, serendipity transforms every trip: Hiking a new trail and rounding a bend to encounter…
Buddy Holly Remembered
Fifty-seven years have passed since that snowy night in Iowa on February 3, 1959, when a plane crash took the…
Into the Wild: Marfalous!
Mention the far-flung West Texas town of Marfa and most folks reference the mysterious lights that sometimes dance not far…
Just Passing Through: Brownsville's Wild Side
The picturesque, covered entrance on Ringgold Street in Brownsville gives little hint of the lush, subtropical expanse inside, or the…
Readers Recommend: January 2009
Texas Highways readers are like our field reporters, so find out what these readers recommend. Cowcatchers Steaks While driving around…
Readers Recommend: Stanley-Fisher B&B, Texas Pie Co. and more
Texas Highways readers are like our field reporters, so find out what these readers recommend.Stanley-Fisher House Bed and BreakfastI heartily…
Readers Recommend: Harry Ts, Del Sol, Texas Cheese House and more
Texas Highways readers are like our field reporters, so find out what these readers recommend. Loblolly Pines VillageI had the…
Wallisville Lake Project: Tranquility along the Trinity
Zooming along on busy Interstate 10, some 35 miles east of downtown Houston, travelers often pass directly through the heart…
Upper Colorado River (without a paddle)
It’s early morning in Dawson County and my husband, Lloyd, and I are on the roadside 10 miles north of…
Haunted Jefferson: Ghost tours and spooky train rides
Lights flicker on and off by themselves. Cigarette smoke scents an empty room. Shadowy figures move down hallways. Footsteps creak…
Zip Trips
“Flying” was not exactly what I had in mind when I embarked on an afternoon ziplining excursion, but with the…
West Texas Panorama: Big Spring
From top of Scenic Mountain in Big Spring State Park at the northern edge of the Edwards Plateau, it’s easy…