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GULF
COAST | PINEY WOODS | PRAIRIE
& LAKES | HILL
COUNTRY
SOUTH TEXAS PLAINS
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 In
our humble opinion Texas is the most interesting
State in the Union. It is the State of Mind in the
State of Texas that sets it apart from the other
states. One of the state's mottos, along with
"Don't Mess With Texas" is
"Texas, It's Like a Whole Other Country".
And so it is. In many ways it is insular from the
rest of the nation. Once you leave Texas by
whatever border you choose, it is quite a distance
before you reach the non-Texasfied part of the
planet, what with Oklahoma being Texas-lite, and
with heading east amounting to going deeper into
the South, with heading south leading to Mexico
and heading west leading to New Mexico with yet
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 SIX
FLAGS OVER TEXAS
We've been to Six
Flags in Arlington a couple times. There
were many good photo opportunities. And
opportunities to get wet which we didn't like all
that much. We made it on only one of the Six Flags
roller coasters, that being the best wooden roller
coaster in the world, known as the Texas Giant. Go
here to watch some videos of a few Six Flags rides,
including the Texas Giant, plus a walk around the
park.
Six Flags AstroWorld in Houston is long gone. The
Kemah Boardwalk is now the Houston Area's
only Theme Park. |
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Texas
National Parks, Monuments, Preserves, Historic Site &
Recreation Areas
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Guadalupe
Mountains National Park |
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Monahans
Sandhills State Park |
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Do you have questions about how
to get a personalized Texas License Plate like the new
"It's Like a Whole Other Country" License Plate?
We
have the answers for you. |
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Visit
Willie & Waylon in Luckenbach, Texas |
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Jefferson
is the Bed & Breakfast Capital of Texas |
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Marshall
is the Cultural Capital of East Texas |
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Huntsville,
Home of Sam Houston and Old Sparky |
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Nacogdoches
is the Oldest Town in Texas |
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Poteet
is the Strawberry Capital of Texas |
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 Heading
to Oklahoma? Looking for some fishing, swimming and boating in
crystal clear water? Try visiting Beavers
Bend Resort Park & Broken Bow Lake in south eastern
Oklahoma. Not been to the Grand
Lake O' the Cherokees before? It's got great fishing and
1,300 miles of shoreline. And then there's Lake
Texoma, a huge lake shared by Texas and Oklahoma, famous
for its bass and catfish. Climb to the top of Oklahoma at Black
Mesa State Park & Nature Preserve. Or visit the
waterfall oasis of Natural
Falls State Park.
The 5th Biggest casino in
the world is in Oklahoma, just a mile past the Texas border you'll
find WinStar
World Casino. A few miles further north you'll find Riverwind
Casino, with the biggest buffet in Oklahoma. And just a
few miles east of Lake
Texoma, 15 miles north of the Oklahoma/Texas border you'll
find Choctaw
Casino Resot & Hotel. A few miles north
of Wichita Falls you will find Kiowa
Red River Casino. We
have made a list of the Oklahoma Casinos
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Get
your Kicks on Route 66 in Oklahoma
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Are you planning a Texas Trip?
Do you need a Travel Guide, or a Brochure about a Texas
Attraction like Six
Flags or Schlitterbahn.
Are you looking for information about Lodging or
Camping? Do you need Maps with good directions? You will
find all the Texas Information you need by visiting one of
the 12 Texas
Travel Information Centers located at convenient
locations throughout Texas. |
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The
Texas Highlands Lakes
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Visit Austin,
New
Braunfels, San
Antonio, Boerne,
San
Marcos,Tyler,
Big
Bend National Park, Alpine,
El
Paso, Wink,
Langtry,
Kilgore,
Gilmer,
Brownsville,
Terlingua,
Kemah,
Laredo,
McAllen,
Beaumont,
Port
Aransas, South
Padre Island, Wimberley,
Mineral
Wells, Odessa,
Monahans
and Marfa
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New
Braunfels Schlitterbahn Waterpark #1 in World
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Click
here for Texas Hunting & Fishing Info
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Go
Fishing & Hiking in the Piney Wood's Big Thicket
National Preserve
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Did you know the
OFFICIAL STATE SNACK OF TEXAS is Tortilla Chips and Salsa?
Click
for more...
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March 14, 2008 we got FEEDBACK
from another Jerry Jones/Dallas Cowboy/Arlington
victim.
This victim is fighting back. Read
what he had to say here...
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CULTURAL
DISTRICTS
Fort Worth has this area of town called the
Fort Worth Cultural District. The Cultural
District's  Official
Website says this is the 3rd biggest Cultural
District in the nation. We have not been able to
find any other towns calling a part of their town
the Cultural District, but we did something else
that might surprise Fort Worthers and make them Green
With Envy. |
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NEW
DALLAS COWBOY STADIUM
 Did you know the Dallas Cowboys are building a
new stadium in Arlington, Texas? Arlington is not
in Dallas. Some people think the building of the
new billion $ stadium is a scandal of colossal
proportions. Find
out why. |
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Watch
Video We Shot May 8, 2008 of Dallas Cowboy Stadium
Construction & More
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TEXAS CHRISTMAS
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FORT
WORTH'S LOST HERITAGE
 On
October 11, 2007 we used alternative transit to
travel to downtown Fort Worth with the intention
to take photos of what we've long felt was an
under appreciated attraction in downtown Fort
Worth, that being Heritage Park. We
were shocked at what we found. We think you will
be too. |
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 NEW
PRISON NEAR DALLAS
A town near Dallas has turned an abandoned meat
packing plant into a prison called Sona,
incarcerating Panamanian and American prisoners in
very primitive brutal conditions. More
details? |
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Read
what we found out about America's Team after reading
ridiculous articles about that subject in the Saturday,
January 12, 2008 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
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WENCHES
GONE MAD
Our visit to Scarborough
Faire Renaissance Festival near Waxahachie
was entertaining and fun, or so we thought. We
webpaged our experience after which an avalanche
of umbrage erupted that was very amusing,
for the most part, and ended up 
with us being
invited by officials of the Houston Renaissance
Festival to document their faire in the same way.
We have yet to do so though. It's a long drive to
the Houston
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TURNER
FALLS PARK
Year after year after year our most visited
webpage is not something located in Texas. It is a
park in Oklahoma, Turner
Falls Park.  For
short periods other pages may be #1, like in March
it will be the Sweetwater
Rattlesnake Roundup, in July #1 will be
the Parker
County Peach Festival, in September it's
the Texas
State Fair, but most months Turner Falls
Park in Oklahoma is our most visited webpage, at
the height of summer getting thousands of visits a
month. It is a very scenic, very fun park, even if
it isn't in Texas. |
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FORT
WORTH GAS
Fort Worth is experimenting with being the
first large city in America, maybe in the entire world,
to allow gas drilling within  its
borders, often very close to where people live,
endangering water supplies, vegetation, peace and
quiet and human life. None of the wells have
exploded yet in Fort Worth. A few have in
surrounding areas. Citizens are starting to fight
back. Take
a look at our nearby gas neighbor and see if you'd
like this in your backyard.
UPDATE: Dust
Cloud Mayhem |
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