Pre-Trip Trip When I first started planning the Most Mispronounced Texas Towns & Cities Road Trip about a month ago, I had around 40 communities identified. Once I shared what…
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A Day Late and A Dollar Short, but Heartfelt – Happy Mother’s Day from How Big is Texas
Normally, the How Big is Texas blog focuses on travel in Texas. This week, I’m switching gears to honor one of the most wonderful Native Texans I’ve ever known. She…
Setting Goals as Big as Texas for 2021
I don’t know about you but for decades I have made resolutions at the beginning of a new year. I always have good intentions of following through with them. Invariably,…
My Texas Culinary Holiday Gift Guide
A couple of weeks ago, I shared a gift guide of Texas items for the holidays. I didn’t include culinary options so I thought I’d do a part two gift…
Big Impressions from Brewster County – The Largest County in Texas
If you’ve been following my blog since I first started it in June, you know that I was in the Big Bend Region with my friends Morgan and Debra when…
My Top 5 Most Interesting Small Texas Towns
Having visited a huge number of cities and towns across Texas in my lifetime, some of the smaller communities really stand out in my travels. Here are my picks for…
In Closing – Final Thoughts on This Trip
This specific quest completed, we’re sharing some thoughts from our trip, all 3,331 miles of it. I asked the ladies to state their thoughts in their own words so here…
Day 9 – Perryton to Gainesville – Miles and Miles of Texas – (392 miles)
Day 9 and the final leg of our perimeter tour around Texas found us in the northeast corner of the Texas Panhandle in Lipscomb County. Towns in the county include…
Day 8 – Odessa to Perryton – Fields & Farming (478 miles)
It was whirlwind tour through the Texas Plains Trail Region. This is definitely farm country. Having lived for five years in the panhandle when I was in part of elementary,…
Day 7 – El Paso to Odessa – From the Mountains to the Permian Basin – (352 miles)
Hueco Tanks State Park was our first stop on day seven of our trip across the state of Texas. Located just down the road from El Paso in the Chihuahuan…