The Old West At Its Best: Come Mess With Texas! Texas Travel Information

Travel to Texas for one of the mostlargest rodeo, the Houston Livestock Show and
exhilaratingly colorful adventures in North America.Rodeo, Texan culture is bigger than life. A trip to
From Honkey-Tonks and dude ranches to spaceHouston offers the Johnson Space Center where
science and modern medicine, Texas is anMission Control is based as well as the nation's
intriguing accumulation of larger than lifelargest medical research facility, the Texas Medical
metropolises and countryside. Snag your airfare toCenter. A journey to the western Texan border
Texas in fewer seconds than a bull ride and you'llis where you'll find El Paso, brimming with
be happy to find a cheap and easy way into theauthentic Hispanic culture and just a short distance
second largest state of the United States offrom the stately Rio Grande.
America.Big Bend National Park is a protected stretch of
Six Flags Over Texasthe Rio Grande, abundant with forest, desert,
Throughout Texan history, the territory has insnakes, flora and a wide array of native wildlife.
fact been ruled by six different flags: France,You may also stumble across a political creature in
Spain, Mexico, the Republic of Texas, theLajitas, where the town mayor is in fact a real
Confederate States of America, and the Unitedbeer-guzzling goat! For more beautiful scenery,
States of America. As you might have guessed,make your way through Austin's surrounding
Arlington, Texas, is home to the first Six Flagscountryside, known as Hill Country. A mosaic of
theme park in the nation. Even with this manywildflowers along rolling hills stretches for miles
political changes, the state the size of France hasaround Austin and the German city of
maintained a fiercely independent culture andFredericksburg.
lifestyle, which contributes to the unique charmWhen planning your trip, remember the massive
and humble pride you will encounter when youquality of the state. The best way to explore all
travel Texas.of the urban and rural wonders in Texas is
Make sure a stop in San Antonio is on yourcertainly by car. This way you can be certain to
itinerary. There you can visit the Alamo mission,make it to the largest Honkey-Tonk in the world,
the famous site of the tragic Battle of AlamoBilly Bob's, just west of Dallas in Fort Worth or
where Texas fought for its independence fromdown to the Gulf Coast to witness King Ranch,
Mexico. Texas then became an independentone of the largest working ranches in the world
republic for nearly 10 whole years until annexing(the size of Rhode Island!). Buy those boots, find
to the United States in 1845.that hat, and get your airfare to Texas today
More than Yellow Roses in Texasbefore it gets any bigger.
From the annual Chili Cookoff to the world's