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I moved this to the General forum so it might get a few more reply's...El Paso right now is OK to visit but a lot of other stuff going on, so I would avoid that area, except for maybe a day trip...Katy??? Katy is OK its one of the fastest growing areas around Houston at this time....Chief is right about the Hill Country, it is not huge mountains, but the hospitality of the folks there is great....San Antonio, Austin, Dallas, Are also good for a day or two, Cities like Kerrville, Llano OH if you get to Llano you gotta eat at Coopers BBQ....Open pit, stand in line, pick out what you want, then go inside, get you some tater salad, then load up on their free beans, Man they got a pork chop to die for, called "The Big Chop"....Now I used to could set down and eat one, but now we get one and neither one of us go away hungry....
Little Towns in and around the Hill country have lots to see, Like Hunt, Texas, where some guy reconstructed a few of the Easter Island heads, and a mock up of the Stonehenge, out in the middle of nowhere but a "must see"....
Lots of exotic animal ranches up in that area to, so don't be surprised to see animals from Africa leaning over a fence....One more place you gotta visit and that's Greune Texas, Its where the oldest dance hall has been open the late 1800's...Bring your boot scooting boogie boots, there's always some young ladies wanting to wear them out...
http://www.gruenehall.com/
While you there get you a meal at the Grist Mill restaurant, a real old grist mill turned into a fantastic restaurant... You can set inside, or in the summer set out on the balconies overlooking the river....Them college girls from San Marcus really put on a show....:shock:
http://gristmillrestaurant.com/
The Gulf Coast...Galveston Texas, is good for a day or two, depending on the weather bring your fishing gear, might just catch you a fish or two.....Corpus Christi, used to be one of Texas's largest Naval bases, but most of it is shutdown, but there is the USS Lexington, an old WW II aircraft carrier there...Your probably not a Selena fan, but her memorial is on the sea wall there not too far from the Nina...Back years ago Spain built the ships Columbus sailed the oceans in and they are in Corpus, one is in the water the other two are at the Museum there...All three in really sad shape, lack of money to do the up keep, but they are working on them.....The Pinta, and San Maria are at the museum, you can get on the Pinta and brother that was real men who sailed them little suckers....
Houston is home to the Astro Dome, Battleship Texas, the San Jacinto Battlegrounds and Memorial...Funny thing about that memorial...When it was built, the Government said NO memorial could be taller than the ones in Washington....Then Texas said "hold on to your hats" they added a Star on the top as an observation tower,and its taller that any memorial in Washington...:readit:...
OK I'm getting extra long winded but if you need more sites or places to see, ask me or some of the other Texas members might have different ideas....BTW Chiefs offer of parking your rig at his place sounds like a great deal....Just one more thing...In January the weather here is really unpredictable...One day its 70 degrees, next hour it might be snowing, so come with your warm coats and Enjoy Texas...We'll leave a light on fer ya..
