Before heading out of Carthage, Texas, on Sunday morning, we stopped in at the Footprints in the Sand monument. It was break taking and a favorite of all of us. We stopped at Jasper to meet my best friend from high school and college roommate, Darla Dear. She baked for us and presented us with…
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Day 1 – Traveling Texas from Gainesville to Carthage
And so the Texas quest begins… It was a whirlwind of a day starting with the packing of the rental car, a Chevy Equinox. Three women, nine days, snacks, drinks, cameras, and a minimum of 27 outfits, multiple pairs of shoes, and assorted beauty products don’t lend for small packing, even though we did our…
Texas Tunes for a Road Trip Adventure
Here’s a sampling of the nearly 1,700 songs I listen to on my road trips around Texas. It has Texas artists and Texas-themed songs. What do you think? Am I missing any of your favorites? Here’s the link to the playlist. Until next time from Texas … safe travels!
Is a 3,139-Mile Texas Road Trip Crazy? Maybe
Want to know what a trip around the perimeter of Texas looks like? Our route is a short 3,139 miles. To put that in perspective, it’s 2,776 miles from Los Angeles to New York City. It’s 3,077 miles from Seattle, WA, to Orlando, FL. Maybe we are crazy! Day 1, Saturday, June 13• Gainesville to…
What are you thinking driving AROUND Texas?
Hey, friends. Because I’ve had a lot of time to think during the pandemic, I was pondering one day as a Native Texan, “Just how BIG is Texas?” While I’ve always known the distance from Orange to El Paso was 852 miles and the distance from Texline to Brownsville was 897 miles, (these are things…