Things every Texan should do before dying

[Firebird]

http://www.wsbtv.com/travelgetaways/18967708/detail.html

Inspired by this list about things Southerners need to do. What are yours? No need to state the painfully obvious like visit the Alamo or San Jacinto battlefield and monument. These are the things you gotta do to call yourself Texan.We can go WAY past 40. I will kick off with a few of mine:

1. Attend a sub-3A football game outside of a major metropolitan area. Bonus: Six Man. Double bonus: The "stadium" lights are parents trucks' headlights.

2. Tube/swim in the Guadalupe, Frio, or other hill country river.

3. Get fitted for and buy a pair of cowboy boots.

4. Perfect your own chili and pinto bean recipe.

5. Cook and eat something you killed or caught earlier in the day.

[Slim-Rob]

http://www.wsbtv.com/travelgetaways/18967708/detail.html

Inspired by this list about things Southerners need to do. What are yours? No need to state the painfully obvious like visit the Alamo or San Jacinto battlefield and monument. These are the things you gotta do to call yourself Texan.We can go WAY past 40. I will kick off with a few of mine:

1. Attend a sub-3A football game outside of a major metropolitan area. Bonus: Six Man. Double bonus: The "stadium" lights are parents trucks' headlights. DONE

2. Tube/swim in the Guadalupe, Frio, or other hill country river. DONE

3. Get fitted for and buy a pair of cowboy boots. DONE

4. Perfect your own chili and pinto bean recipe. hmmm.

5. Cook and eat something you killed or caught earlier in the day. DONE

i'm almost done!

[Aggies2009]

How about see the Alamo?

[JagFan]

1. Go to a Willie Nelson concert

2. Learn to smoke the perfect brisket

[slorch]

I have done all of Firebird's, but the headlight deal was at a youth football gamer, not six-man.

Here's mine, with some West Texas flavor, and a bit of Houston in it too.

1.Drive over 120 miles for a District football game.( San Angelo folks get triple bonus for Amarillo games)

2.participate or spectate in a baseball game/ track meet that has snow, sand, and rain, all propelled by 35 mph wind.( sometimes followed with sunshine)

3. Drink a Tallsup and eat 2 famous Allsup's beef& bean burritos in one sitting( I know it has a New Mexico logo on the sign, but Allsups are every bit a part of life in West Texas as Dairy Queen and grain elevators)

4. Go honky-tonkin- whether it is BillyBob's or Gruene, Texas dance halls are incomparable for atmosphere and great music( and beautiful women that want to dance with guys.) Double deduction for anyone looking to line dance.

5. attend a stock show and/ or rodeo.

6. Drive from El Paso to Beaumont/ Longview
( alternate Dalhart to Brownsville)

7. go to the Dr Pepper place in Dublin

8. go to a branding/ dehorning/ and cuttin, then enjoy the calf-fry dinner that evening with plenty of Lone Star or Shiner

9. sit in a Dairy Queen/ cotton Gin/ old fillin station while the old timers are holdin court

10. Go to the state basketball tournament( boys or girls are equally fun)

11. Go bass fishing in any Texas lake

12. Visit any Fort that was involved in settling Texas- these are all over the place, and I usually learn something when we stop in there

13. drive a pick-up. Preferably, on an old country road with a cooler of beer while checkin fences or putting out hay. Bonus for not sitting in the seat with the wirecutters still in your pocket if you're putting out small bales ...:D. Double bonus for chewing some Red Man or Beechnut while doing this. extra bonus for also having an Austrailian Shepherd or Blue Heeler in the bed of the pick-up. Note-Strongly encourage not entering a public roadway, for everyone's safety)

14. watch a sunrise/ sunset from ALL of the following- Davis Mountains, the high plains, the hill country, the cross timbers, the piney woods, the Gulf

15. go deer/hog/ dove/ quail/ and pheasant hunting. All of them are different and give a unique flavor of Texas...literally.:D

16. see Palo Duro Canyon and the play "Texas"

17. go to the State Fair

18. shell pecans, snap blackeyed peas, or shuck corn

19. spit on the ground( or give a one gun( finger) salute) upon leaving a neighboring state and kiss the ground when re-entering Texas. Especially meaningful when crossing the Red, Sabine or Rio Grande. Also can be done in Texarkana, Texline, or Texhoma.

20. drive from Austin to Houston in the last week of March. You'll never wonder again why the Bluebonnet is our state flower.

21. make homemade chicken fried steak and cream gravy

[mad_fan]

1. Go to a Willie Nelson concert

2. Learn to smoke the perfect brisket

3. Smoke with Willie at a concert...

[JagFan]

3. Smoke with Willie at a concert...

We are showing our age. ;) But that too!!

[Maroondog]

I think I've done all this stuff already except smoke with Willie, so I guess I can now go to my great reward knowing that my life has been fulfilled. :D

One other to add: Hit some big schools of trout and reds while wade fishing on the coast.

[BDB]

sclorch should change his list to:

1. be sclorch


some of those things, i'll never have the.....um... privilege of doing.

[grayowl60]

see at least one real tornado

Catch a barn door crappie, clean it, fry it

Spend at least one hour on a quarter horse

learn "some" spanish

know several people that remind you of Hank Hill

go to at least one Texas-Texas A&M football game

[slorch]

sclorch should change his list to:

1. be sclorch


some of those things, i'll never have the.....um... privilege of doing.

I haven't done all of them.

I was just thinking of things that would give a person a good sense of tradition and life in Texas, away from the mundane sameness of the cities.

Two more that I would add are going to Fiesta in San Antonio and a First Monday in Canton.

[Firebird]

I have done all of Firebird's, but the headlight deal was at a youth football gamer, not six-man.

Here's mine, with some West Texas flavor, and a bit of Houston in it too.

1.Drive over 120 miles for a District football game.( San Angelo folks get triple bonus for Amarillo games)

2.participate or spectate in a baseball game/ track meet that has snow, sand, and rain, all propelled by 35 mph wind.( sometimes followed with sunshine)

3. Drink a Tallsup and eat 2 famous Allsup's beef& bean burritos in one sitting( I know it has a New Mexico logo on the sign, but Allsups are every bit a part of life in West Texas as Dairy Queen and grain elevators)

4. Go honky-tonkin- whether it is BillyBob's or Gruene, Texas dance halls are incomparable for atmosphere and great music( and beautiful women that want to dance with guys.) Double deduction for anyone looking to line dance.

5. attend a stock show and/ or rodeo.

6. Drive from El Paso to Beaumont/ Longview
( alternate Dalhart to Brownsville)

7. go to the Dr Pepper place in Dublin

8. go to a branding/ dehorning/ and cuttin, then enjoy the calf-fry dinner that evening with plenty of Lone Star or Shiner

9. sit in a Dairy Queen/ cotton Gin/ old fillin station while the old timers are holdin court

10. Go to the state basketball tournament( boys or girls are equally fun)

11. Go bass fishing in any Texas lake

12. Visit any Fort that was involved in settling Texas- these are all over the place, and I usually learn something when we stop in there

13. drive a pick-up. Preferably, on an old country road with a cooler of beer while checkin fences or putting out hay. Bonus for not sitting in the seat with the wirecutters still in your pocket if you're putting out small bales ...:D. Double bonus for chewing some Red Man or Beechnut while doing this. extra bonus for also having an Austrailian Shepherd or Blue Heeler in the bed of the pick-up. Note-Strongly encourage not entering a public roadway, for everyone's safety)

14. watch a sunrise/ sunset from ALL of the following- Davis Mountains, the high plains, the hill country, the cross timbers, the piney woods, the Gulf

15. go deer/hog/ dove/ quail/ and pheasant hunting. All of them are different and give a unique flavor of Texas...literally.:D

16. see Palo Duro Canyon and the play "Texas"

17. go to the State Fair

18. shell pecans, snap blackeyed peas, or shuck corn

19. spit on the ground( or give a one gun( finger) salute) upon leaving a neighboring state and kiss the ground when re-entering Texas. Especially meaningful when crossing the Red, Sabine or Rio Grande. Also can be done in Texarkana, Texline, or Texhoma.

20. drive from Austin to Houston in the last week of March. You'll never wonder again why the Bluebonnet is our state flower.

21. make homemade chicken fried steak and cream gravy

Bonus: Besides the ones in Houston, Austin, Dallas/FW. Double bonus: Have an entrant in the show.

[roadrunner22]

Play dominoes at "Domino Hall" with the oldtimers in Justin, Tx.; if it is still there. Played with my Grandpa there when the pop. was 123 people and he lived out in the country.

[clc]

4. Perfect your own chili

Done...and it is CASI sanctioned award winning chili!

[JOH]

1. vote republican

[okt0ber]

1. vote republican

:rolleyes:

Have we forgotten the Democrats own most of the history of Texas? Repubs are a fairly new occurrence. What you should have said was vote for a fiscal conservative.

[ktCarl]

I lived in Borger for 6 mos.

That's probably something, as a Texan, one needs to avoid.

[GoOwls]

http://www.wsbtv.com/travelgetaways/18967708/detail.html

Inspired by this list about things Southerners need to do. What are yours? No need to state the painfully obvious like visit the Alamo or San Jacinto battlefield and monument. These are the things you gotta do to call yourself Texan.We can go WAY past 40. I will kick off with a few of mine:

1. Attend a sub-3A football game outside of a major metropolitan area. Bonus: Six Man. Double bonus: The "stadium" lights are parents trucks' headlights.

2. Tube/swim in the Guadalupe, Frio, or other hill country river.

3. Get fitted for and buy a pair of cowboy boots.

4. Perfect your own chili and pinto bean recipe.

5. Cook and eat something you killed or caught earlier in the day.

1. Done, many times, seen 2 6-Man state title games as my trump card.

2. not yet.....we'll see....;)

3. can't....high instep....boots hurt.

4. done

5. many, many, many times....:p

[Firebird]

Bonus: Besides the ones in Houston, Austin, Dallas/FW. Double bonus: Have an entrant in the show.

6. Hike to the top of Guadalupe Peak.
7. Take the hand-pulled ferry across the Rio Grande at Los Ebanos.
8. Go spotlighting for coyotes/rabbits. Bonus points: Get the game warden called out on your group.
9. Eat fresh valley citrus right off the tree.
10. Photograph your wife/sweetheart (or be photographed) in a bluebonnet field. Deduction: The "field" is just a patch along the interstate.

[Firebird]

see at least one real tornado

Catch a barn door crappie, clean it, fry it

Spend at least one hour on a quarter horse

learn "some" spanish

know several people that remind you of Hank Hill BONUS: Be Hank Hill.

go to at least one Texas-Texas A&M football game

I think there are some Hanks on the board.

[slorch]

Play dominoes at "Domino Hall" with the oldtimers in Justin, Tx.; if it is still there. Played with my Grandpa there when the pop. was 123 people and he lived out in the country.

I like this one alot.

my boys are the only kids I know that can play 42...:D

[JOH]

:rolleyes:

Have we forgotten the Democrats own most of the history of Texas? Repubs are a fairly new occurrence. What you should have said was vote for a fiscal conservative.

Sadly, the definitions and implications of a "Democrat" have changed drastically. In terms of part, there are two.

[Firebird]

Sadly, the definitions and implications of a "Democrat" have changed drastically. In terms of part, there are two.

They should totally go back to the things that made them awesome, like hating black people and free silver.

[slorch]

They should totally go back to the things that made them awesome, like hating black people and free silver.

well, the silver part would be a change...:rolleyes:

[JOH]

They should totally go back to the things that made them awesome, like hating black people and free silver.

Exactly. :rolleyes:

You know what I meant.

[Favpack]

1. Make something with a welding torch
2. Wave your hand gently to a passerby on an FM road

[slorch]

1. Make something with a welding torch
2. Wave your hand gently to a passerby on an FM road

1. best friend learned to weld and use the "cuttin' torch" at a very young age. He was always building all kinds of crap

best thing was the full sized back stop he and dad built though.

As an adult, he works in a machine shop as...a welder.

2. our sons were teasing me for wavin at folks in the 806 this past week while on vacation. Still doesn't feel right not to wave on an old country road. I like having that habit.

[Firebird]

well, the silver part would be a change...:rolleyes:

They've found new ways of creating money......

[Firebird]

1. best friend learned to weld and use the "cuttin' torch" at a very young age. He was always building all kinds of crap

best thing was the full sized back stop he and dad built though.

As an adult, he works in a machine shop as...a welder.

2. our sons were teasing me for wavin at folks in the 806 this past week while on vacation. Still doesn't feel right not to wave on an old country road. I like having that habit.

Advanced Texas may use the finger wave. Lift your index finger off the wheel, make eye contact and nod to the other driver.

[CoveMom]

--As a teenager, attend at least one "party" in a cematery (Noonday's for me)


--Midnight watermelon sales (Bonus: Not getting salt shot in the butt)




:D

[pied]

--As a teenager, attend at least one "party" in a cematery (Noonday's for me)


--Midnight watermelon sales (Bonus: Not getting salt shot in the butt)




:D

So underage drinking in a sacred place and stealing without getting caught?

[SV61]

1) Eat at a Dairy Queen, as a team, after your away game in the small town of the week. OR, the OST in Bandera after that away game. Check.

2) Watch a Thunderstorm/Dust Storm/Cold Front blow into town in the fall.

3) Check out Lost Maples, but NOT when a million others are there. Go just before or After.

4) Hike Casa Grande, in Big Bend. IF it's closed, then hike Lost Mine. EITHER (to me) is more breath taking (no pun intended) than Guadalupe OR Emory.

5) Get to the game an hour before kickoff, and people watch. Watch the players warm up, and guess size and weight. Take in the smell of the BBQ pits firing up.

[CoveMom]

So underage drinking in a sacred place and stealing without getting caught?

I never mentioned drinking...

[Matthew 2000 Eagle]

2. Wave your hand gently to a passerby on an FM road

Hell, I do this in the city!

Life is too short and, I'm trying to enjoy it as much as possible. If I wake up in the morning, I'm blessed. Whatever else I'm going thru can be worked out.

[KattTx]

Hell, I do this in the city!



I do the same no matter where I am. :)

Some things to see/ places to go...

McKitrick Canyon
http://photoblog.treyerice.com/index.php?showimage=52

The Indian Art at Paint Rock, TX
http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/plateaus/images/he4.html

Fort Davis/ McDonald Observatory. (Prude Ranch)

Balmorhea State Park

[pied]

I never mentioned drinking...

true-what does one do at these "parties"?

[Matthew 2000 Eagle]

I do the same no matter where I am. :)

Some things to see/ places to go...

McKitrick Canyon
http://photoblog.treyerice.com/index.php?showimage=52

The Indian Art at Paint Rock, TX
http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/plateaus/images/he4.html

Fort Davis/ McDonald Observatory. (Prude Ranch)

Balmorhea State Park

I'll put these on my "to do" lists.

I've seen the Palo Duro Canyon the last 2 times I went to Amarillo to visit one of my older brothers.

Cadillac Ranch is another nice place!:D

[Firebird]

I do the same no matter where I am. :)

Some things to see/ places to go...

McKitrick Canyon
http://photoblog.treyerice.com/index.php?showimage=52

The Indian Art at Paint Rock, TX
http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/plateaus/images/he4.html

Fort Davis/ McDonald Observatory. (Prude Ranch)

Balmorhea State Park

SCUBA diving at BSP is cool. I qualified for night diver there. Was awesome.

Have also done McKittrick Canyon.

[KattTx]

McKitrick is a nice little day hike with some great scenery especially at the changing of the fall and spring seasons. Summer is probably too hot to be enjoyable.

Blamorhea is a great swimming "hole". :D

Fort Davis is just a great little weekend trip for hiking, the fort, shopping, etc... Also, we got to view the sun and the sun flares through the McDonald Observatory (right outside of town) the last time we were there. Not sure if that's an all the time thing though.

[KattTx]

SCUBA diving at BSP is cool. I qualified for night diver there. Was awesome.


Wow... I knew they did a lot of diving certs there but had no idea it was used for the night diving. Very cool.

[SV61]

McKitrick is a nice little day hike with some great scenery especially at the changing of the fall and spring seasons. Summer is probably too hot to be enjoyable.

Blamorhea is a great swimming "hole". :D

Fort Davis is just a great little weekend trip for hiking, the fort, shopping, etc... Also, we got to view the sun and the sun flares through the McDonald Observatory (right outside of town) the last time we were there. Not sure if that's an all the time thing though.


Was supposed to go there just last weekend. Annual Motorcycle trip. See how many times you can go up to the Observatory and back!

:D

Didn't work out this year though, so just rode around the Hill Country, which isn't a bad thing.

Some more things, definitely Texas:

1) Enchanted Rock.

2) Study Butte Store. Just don't be in the doorway at Noon on Sunday. I think I know where all the drunks go to die.

3) Flores Country Store in Helotes. Try and hit it on a night when Asleep at the Wheel is there.

4) Steak Night in Waring. Usually decent music, and a cut of red meat. Outside no less. Like a poor man's Flores Country Store!

5) Luckenbach.

6) Willow City Loop, during wildflower season.

7) Tubing down the Guadalupe.

8) Texas BBQ in general

9) San Antonio; the Alamo, Mexican Food, and the Riverwalk.

10) Houston; Battleship Texas, San Jacinto, and Seafood.

11) Austin; State Capitol, LBJ Library, and Sixth Street at night.

[RedRage00]

Visit CoveMom in Copperas Cove (God, help me lol)

:D

[Firebird]

Was supposed to go there just last weekend. Annual Motorcycle trip. See how many times you can go up to the Observatory and back!

:D

Didn't work out this year though, so just rode around the Hill Country, which isn't a bad thing.

Some more things, definitely Texas:

1) Enchanted Rock.

2) Study Butte Store. Just don't be in the doorway at Noon on Sunday. I think I know where all the drunks go to die.

3) Flores Country Store in Helotes. Try and hit it on a night when Asleep at the Wheel is there.

4) Steak Night in Waring. Usually decent music, and a cut of red meat. Outside no less. Like a poor man's Flores Country Store!

5) Luckenbach.

6) Willow City Loop, during wildflower season.

7) Tubing down the Guadalupe.

8) Texas BBQ in general

9) San Antonio; the Alamo, Mexican Food, and the Riverwalk.

10) Houston; Battleship Texas, San Jacinto, and Seafood.

11) Austin; State Capitol, LBJ Library, and Sixth Street at night.

The Hill Country is dry, dry, dry! They need some rain bad out there. Mrs. Bird and I went to Pedernales Falls state park to swim in the river this past weekend. It was great, but more like splashing in the river than swimming. Though there was one little hole that was deep enough to do some snorkeling.

[Firebird]

1) Eat at a Dairy Queen, as a team, after your away game in the small town of the week. OR, the OST in Bandera after that away game. Check.

2) Watch a Thunderstorm/Dust Storm/Cold Front blow into town in the fall.

3) Check out Lost Maples, but NOT when a million others are there. Go just before or After.

4) Hike Casa Grande, in Big Bend. IF it's closed, then hike Lost Mine. EITHER (to me) is more breath taking (no pun intended) than Guadalupe OR Emory.

5) Get to the game an hour before kickoff, and people watch. Watch the players warm up, and guess size and weight. Take in the smell of the BBQ pits firing up.


Lost Maples is great, but you are right that millions of people are there. Especially in fall when the leaves turn. If you can make it out on a weekday it is better.

[KattTx]

Was supposed to go there just last weekend. Annual Motorcycle trip. See how many times you can go up to the Observatory and back!



Once a trip is plenty enough for me. :o

[SV61]

The Hill Country is dry, dry, dry! They need some rain bad out there. Mrs. Bird and I went to Pedernales Falls state park to swim in the river this past weekend. It was great, but more like splashing in the river than swimming. Though there was one little hole that was deep enough to do some snorkeling.

And this is AFTER our 2 inch rain we got last week (we actually got closer to 4 inches). It was WORSE, if you can believe that.

We ARE DRY.

I wonder what the wildflowers will look like this year. I am thinking it will be as bad or worse, than 97.

[mad_fan]

Visit CoveMom in Copperas Cove (God, help me lol)

:D

And BUY something...even if you don't knit...;):D

[slorch]

And BUY something...even if you don't knit...;):D

see the round dorms at ASU?:D

[CoveMom]

true-what does one do at these "parties"?

...


:ninja:

[CoveMom]

And BUY something...even if you don't knit...;):D

NO KNITTING OR YARN IN MY STORE.

Geeze you people are thick. You AND your little friend, RR00.


:Censor:

[roadrunner22]

Watch the West Texas sun set from a drilling rig.

[hunterbunter]

1. eat cabrito

2. see that barn off expwy 281 on the way to S.A. thats painted as the Lone Star State flag.

3. visit the "railroad tracks" in S.A.

4. go to all those sites like Natural Bridge Caverns, Aquarina Springs, Wonder World.

my bonus is i've been to that ferry at Los Ebanos, i saw it when i was a wee one.

[The King]

http://www.wsbtv.com/travelgetaways/18967708/detail.html

Inspired by this list about things Southerners need to do. What are yours? No need to state the painfully obvious like visit the Alamo or San Jacinto battlefield and monument. These are the things you gotta do to call yourself Texan.We can go WAY past 40. I will kick off with a few of mine:

1. Attend a sub-3A football game outside of a major metropolitan area. Bonus: Six Man. Double bonus: The "stadium" lights are parents trucks' headlights.

2. Tube/swim in the Guadalupe, Frio, or other hill country river.

3. Get fitted for and buy a pair of cowboy boots.

4. Perfect your own chili and pinto bean recipe.

5. Cook and eat something you killed or caught earlier in the day.

Loop Texas, near Lubbock.

[The King]

Hell, I do this in the city!

Life is too short and, I'm trying to enjoy it as much as possible. If I wake up in the morning, I'm blessed. Whatever else I'm going thru can be worked out.

Try this on FM 1960

[LionVarsityCheer]

Whenever I bring my Mississippi friends home with me to good ole Austin, Texas, I make sure to take them to:

1. The Capitol (stand in the middle and talk)
2. County Line BBQ (It's my favorite BBQ place....maybe not the best)
3. Rudy's BBQ
4. 6th street (day or night, it's fun. This past week I took my friend presley for spring break and she saw Leslie, the crossdresser, in a pink thong)
5. Jake's bridge/ the Texas Chainsaw Massacre House in Granger (just adrenaline rushes, thats all)
6. A high school football/baseball game (it's hard for them to imagine we have crowds the size of some small colleges at our high school games)
7. The Oasis on Lake Travis (food isn't the best, but the view is AMAZING)
8. A REAL mexican restaurant
9. The Bat Bridge
10 Barton Springs (If it's warm enough)
11. Austin City Limits/SXSW (always a good time)
12. Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo (saw Josh Turner on Tuesday and bought a new cowboy hat :D)

and just because it is my FAVORITE place on earth,

I make sure and take them to the Alamo and Riverwalk. :notworthy:notworthy:D

[hunterbunter]

Whenever I bring my Mississippi friends home with me to good ole Austin, Texas, I make sure to take them to:

1. The Capitol (stand in the middle and talk)
2. County Line BBQ (It's my favorite BBQ place....maybe not the best)
3. Rudy's BBQ
4. 6th street (day or night, it's fun. This past week I took my friend presley for spring break and she saw Leslie, the crossdresser, in a pink thong)
5. Jake's bridge/ the Texas Chainsaw Massacre House in Granger (just adrenaline rushes, thats all)
6. A high school football/baseball game (it's hard for them to imagine we have crowds the size of some small colleges at our high school games)
7. The Oasis on Lake Travis (food isn't the best, but the view is AMAZING)
8. A REAL mexican restaurant
9. The Bat Bridge
10 Barton Springs (If it's warm enough)
11. Austin City Limits/SXSW (always a good time)
12. Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo (saw Josh Turner on Tuesday and bought a new cowboy hat :D)

and just because it is my FAVORITE place on earth,

I make sure and take them to the Alamo and Riverwalk. :notworthy:notworthy:D

Bring em to the valley i'll show them what a real churro looks like

[Matthew 2000 Eagle]

Try this on FM 1960

I just might the next time I'm in Humble, or as they say in Houston, "Umble"!

One of my older brothers lives off of Foxwood Forest and 1960.

[HUM398]

I just might the next time I'm in Humble, or as they say in Houston, "Umble"!

One of my older brothers lives off of Foxwood Forest and 1960.

I love Humble.....are you poking fun...:mad:

[Matthew 2000 Eagle]

I love Humble.....are you poking fun...:mad:

Nope! It's a nice area! In fact, I'll probably be doing some traveling down that way when football season starts. I have a nephew that'll be playing for Nimitz.

[RedRage00]

I just might the next time I'm in Humble, or as they say in Houston, "Umble"!

One of my older brothers lives off of Foxwood Forest and 1960.

I still call it Humble, and not Umble..lol

[RedRage00]

NO KNITTING OR YARN IN MY STORE.

Geeze you people are thick. You AND your little friend, RR00.


:Censor:

How much for that yarn right thurr?

[CoveMom]

I still call it Humble, and not Umble..lol

Aint you from Viktorya?


;)

[lonny23]

Guys, you've been listing some good stuff. I'm happy to say that I've done most of what you have mentioned in this thread.

[country club]

Have some finger lickin chicken at the CHICKEN RANCH in La Grange. Too bad if you missed it, you can thank Marv............oh yea, he's gone too. RIP !

[Matthew 2000 Eagle]

I still call it Humble, and not Umble..lol

Me too! The only time I hear "Umble", is when I talk to my 2nd oldest brother.

[Matthew 2000 Eagle]

Guys, you've been listing some good stuff. I'm happy to say that I've done most of what you have mentioned in this thread.

Yeah, so what? Go ahead and beat your chest!:D

I plan on doing some of that traveling in the next few years. I've always wanted to go to Big Bend National Park, and check out everything else in this state.

[lonny23]

Yeah, so what? Go ahead and beat your chest!:D

I plan on doing some of that traveling in the next few years. I've always wanted to go to Big Bend National Park, and check out everything else in this state.
I have to get something for my money's worth!:D

Besides, what really makes me proud is that I've driven the wheels off of a van over the years and it runs better now than ever and also gets better than ever gas mileage!:cool:

[Matthew 2000 Eagle]

I have to get something for my money's worth!:D

Besides, what really makes me proud is that I've driven the wheels off of a van over the years and it runs better now than ever and also gets better than ever gas mileage!:cool:

My grandpa told me when I was little, that the more you drove it, the longer it lasted. The shaggin' wagon is, obviously, still getting around pretty good.:D

[RedRage00]

My grandpa told me when I was little, that the more you drove it, the longer it lasted. The shaggin' wagon is, obviously, still getting around pretty good.:D

Minus the shaggin' :D

[Matthew 2000 Eagle]

Minus the shaggin' :D

Ouch!:notworthy

[HUM398]

I still call it Humble, and not Umble..lol

Thats cause your a Yankee....


The town is named after Pleasant Smith Humble...he pronounced his last name "Umble"

[svhorns]

Thats cause your a Yankee....


The town is named after Pleasant Smith Humble...he pronounced his last name "Umble"

I heard people get run over by cars in umble.

[Fleeman93]

10+ years younger and 10+ years older.

[svhorns]

Smoke weed with Wille.

[pied]

Smoke weed with Wille.

that was like the third response on the thread.

3. Smoke with Willie at a concert...

[dragonsdaddy]

take the drive from san marcos to blanco on devil's backbone. put you canoe in the blanco river and canoe back to san marcos. beautiful ranch country and lots of game to see.

visit albany during the month of june to witness the best community produced spectacle anywhere- the fandangle

approach the escarpment east of lubbock and drop off the pooltable flat landscape onto the broken ranchland around spur.

stand in line with the bikers and the hunters at cooper's in llano and try not to let your eyes outbid your stomach.

spend a night at the excelsior hotel in jefferson. go out to caddo at dusk in the spring when anything and everything seems likely to be calling you.

spend a night in a tent in the big thicket where everything is actually calling you. take plenty mosquito repellant.

climb up in the chisos basin and try to believe the comanches couldn't still be on the trail below.

enjoy the hot springs at the ruined bath house below marascal canyon. they can sure ease some sore backs after canoeing there all day.

go to judge roy beans place inm langtry.

count the bats coming out of longhorn cavern near burnet.

skinny dip in inks lake any warm spring day.

visit the king ranch. nothing else like it anywhere. eat at the king's inn in riviera afterwards. go hungry and try to guess what's in the salad dressing.

[svhorns]

that was like the third response on the thread.

cool... me and mad_fan think alike.

[GoOwls]

I'm going to skip the obvious stuff and list some of the more obscure things.

Take the Natural Bridge Cavers tour and see the wildlife park afterwards.

Eat a packed lunch with your family at a roadside park this spring.

Spend at least one night at the Chisos Mountain Lodge in The Basin in Big Bend National Park.

See the springs in Balmorreah and get the story behind them.

Drive from Brownsville to Big Bend...enlightening.....and stop at Judge Roy Beans and stop at the Pecos River Bridge.

Go on the USS Lexington at Corpus Christi...also eat at Blackbeards below the bridge right near The Lex.

Go to Lost Maples State Park west of Bandera near Vanderpool....stop at the store in Vanderpool...take it all in.

Eat at the little mom and daughter Mexican food restaurant in downtown Leakey.

Go to First Monday Trade Days in Canton....at least once.

Take a drive one night and watch a 6-man football game.

On the spur of the moment, go watch a local Little League game....eat a hotdog...get a Dr. Pepper....and just sit.

Turn off your cell phone for a day...just turn it off....leave it alone....maybe go to that Little League game...talk to the people there.

Join your neighborhood association, no matter how rinky dink it is...if you don't have one, start one...no matter how rinky dink it is.

Go fishing....if you don't fish well or have no patience, pay a professional guide to take you to where you will catch fish...turn off your cell phone or it won't matter if you go fishing.

Go to your parents or grandparents grave and pay your respects.

[EagleDude73]

I'm going to skip the obvious stuff and list some of the more obscure things.

Take the Natural Bridge Cavers tour and see the wildlife park afterwards.

Eat a packed lunch with your family at a roadside park this spring.

Spend at least one night at the Chisos Mountain Lodge in The Basin in Big Bend National Park.

See the springs in Balmorreah and get the story behind them.

Drive from Brownsville to Big Bend...enlightening.....and stop at Judge Roy Beans and stop at the Pecos River Bridge.

Go on the USS Lexington at Corpus Christi...also eat at Blackbeards below the bridge right near The Lex.

Go to Lost Maples State Park west of Bandera near Vanderpool....stop at the store in Vanderpool...take it all in.

Eat at the little mom and daughter Mexican food restaurant in downtown Leakey.

Go to First Monday Trade Days in Canton....at least once.

Take a drive one night and watch a 6-man football game.

On the spur of the moment, go watch a local Little League game....eat a hotdog...get a Dr. Pepper....and just sit.

Turn off your cell phone for a day...just turn it off....leave it alone....maybe go to that Little League game...talk to the people there.

Join your neighborhood association, no matter how rinky dink it is...if you don't have one, start one...no matter how rinky dink it is.

Go fishing....if you don't fish well or have no patience, pay a professional guide to take you to where you will catch fish...turn off your cell phone or it won't matter if you go fishing.

Go to your parents or grandparents grave and pay your respects.

Deliver the mail in the rain.

[Firebird]

I'm going to skip the obvious stuff and list some of the more obscure things.

Take the Natural Bridge Cavers tour and see the wildlife park afterwards.

Eat a packed lunch with your family at a roadside park this spring.

Spend at least one night at the Chisos Mountain Lodge in The Basin in Big Bend National Park.

See the springs in Balmorreah and get the story behind them.

Drive from Brownsville to Big Bend...enlightening.....and stop at Judge Roy Beans and stop at the Pecos River Bridge.

Go on the USS Lexington at Corpus Christi...also eat at Blackbeards below the bridge right near The Lex.

Go to Lost Maples State Park west of Bandera near Vanderpool....stop at the store in Vanderpool...take it all in.

Eat at the little mom and daughter Mexican food restaurant in downtown Leakey.

Go to First Monday Trade Days in Canton....at least once.

Take a drive one night and watch a 6-man football game.

On the spur of the moment, go watch a local Little League game....eat a hotdog...get a Dr. Pepper....and just sit.

Turn off your cell phone for a day...just turn it off....leave it alone....maybe go to that Little League game...talk to the people there.

Join your neighborhood association, no matter how rinky dink it is...if you don't have one, start one...no matter how rinky dink it is.

Go fishing....if you don't fish well or have no patience, pay a professional guide to take you to where you will catch fish...turn off your cell phone or it won't matter if you go fishing.

Go to your parents or grandparents grave and pay your respects.

Highlighted are all the things I have done. The grandparent's grave thing is an interesting one. I have only ever known one grandparent and she is still living. Still, something to consider to make the trip out to see the graves.

A few other things:

A. I did Harlingen--Big Bend, not Brownsville. So sue me.

B. Blackbeard's in Corpus is FAIL. The one true Blackbeard's is on South Padre Island. However, the best fried shrimp on the Gulf are at Dirty Al's, SPI.

C. Lost Maples should be avoided during peak season. Only thing to "take in" is the crowds.

[GoOwls]

Highlighted are all the things I have done. The grandparent's grave thing is an interesting one. I have only ever known one grandparent and she is still living. Still, something to consider to make the trip out to see the graves.

A few other things:

A. I did Harlingen--Big Bend, not Brownsville. So sue me.

B. Blackbeard's in Corpus is FAIL. The one true Blackbeard's is on South Padre Island. However, the best fried shrimp on the Gulf are at Dirty Al's, SPI.

C. Lost Maples should be avoided during peak season. Only thing to "take in" is the crowds.

A. That qualifies....for a Dallas boy, that drive was a hoot....I saw a world I never would have dreamed existed.

B. It was just cool....under an interstate, right by the beach, right by The Lex, right by the Aquarium, it was an interesting thing to experience....only in Texas, right? BTW, I was there in about 1997, so the cook may be different now, but that was some nice seafood THAT day.

C. The "take it all in" part was the store....it was just a cool little place out in the middle of nowhere....it has personality...also, if you look closely, there is a map they hand out there that is a 140 or so mile scenic drive that starts there at the store....standing on that porch of that store was a cool part of a cool day.....been there 5 or 7 times now because I like it so much......so TEXAS...;)

[RATTLERS316]

1. Let out a good fart after eating some damn good mexican food at Herberts taco Hut in San Marcos.

2. Tube down the san marcos river on a very hot day...water stays 72 degrees year round and go down the tube chutes while your at it.

3. Go check out sewell Park in SM on a sunny day and see the "scenery" if you know what i mean;)

4. Go eat some watermelon at the Luling watermelon thump in June.

5. Spend the day at landa park and go take a swim in the comal river in new braunfels.

6. Take a drive to wimberley and do some shoppin.

7. Go have a cold one at rileys tavern on hunter road...you just might get to meet me :)

8. Go sample some BBQ in Lockhart..plenty to choose from..Smittys BBQ would be my personal choice.

9. spend the day with the family at Canyon Lake.

10. take a drive to my hometown (Hamlin) and catch a friday night game watching the Pied Pipers play and see all the open farmland.

[lonny23]

take the drive from san marcos to blanco on devil's backbone. put you canoe in the blanco river and canoe back to san marcos. beautiful ranch country and lots of game to see.

visit albany during the month of june to witness the best community produced spectacle anywhere- the fandangle

approach the escarpment east of lubbock and drop off the pooltable flat landscape onto the broken ranchland around spur.

stand in line with the bikers and the hunters at cooper's in llano and try not to let your eyes outbid your stomach.

spend a night at the excelsior hotel in jefferson. go out to caddo at dusk in the spring when anything and everything seems likely to be calling you.

spend a night in a tent in the big thicket where everything is actually calling you. take plenty mosquito repellant.

climb up in the chisos basin and try to believe the comanches couldn't still be on the trail below.

enjoy the hot springs at the ruined bath house below marascal canyon. they can sure ease some sore backs after canoeing there all day.

go to judge roy beans place inm langtry.

count the bats coming out of longhorn cavern near burnet.

skinny dip in inks lake any warm spring day.

visit the king ranch. nothing else like it anywhere. eat at the king's inn in riviera afterwards. go hungry and try to guess what's in the salad dressing.
Another good list, but I do have to add two things:

1. When you canoe back to San Marcos, you just left the ride in Blanco (At least there was no provision to move it)!:p:D
2. It's also enjoyable to go to Rocksprings and take the evening bat tour at Devil's Hole. There are millions of bats that fly out of that hole at dusk.

[15Adragon]

Eat fried chicken at Babes

[dragonsdaddy]

Another good list, but I do have to add two things:

1. When you canoe back to San Marcos, you just left the ride in Blanco (At least there was no provision to move it)!:p:D
2. It's also enjoyable to go to Rocksprings and take the evening bat tour at Devil's Hole. There are millions of bats that fly out of that hole at dusk.

we had friends who weren't canoeists bring the truck back and pick us up at the i-35 crossing.

[lonny23]

I love reading the lists because it takes me down memory lane and all the travels I've done over the last 7 years. I've been able to cover the state as an adult once I moved back to Texas with the Air Force unlike anything I was ever able to do as a kid growing up.

One thing that should jump out almost immediately is the size of the places that everybody is mentioning. In almost every case, they are out in the country with nature or small towns. Of course in most every case, they're also west of I-35, too!:D Texas wouldn't be Texas without the big cities, but Texas would be just like the rest of the states if it weren't for the rest of the state. We need the big cities to have a good standard of living and be relevant economically, but we need the rest of the state to be a good place to live.

The size of Texas is a bad thing for many people. I was talking to my New Jersey buddy on the phone one day and he likes being within 3 hours of the beach and mountains (Pocono's) and we can't quite do that, but what we do have is the greatest collection of differing landscapes in the country. We have an abundance of coastline, but we also have piney woods, high plains, desert, mountains, prairie, brushland, and all kinds of farmland. We have arid climates, rain, tropical, and semi-arid. We have many rivers and lakes, even though all of 'em except Caddo are man-made. All of the stuff we have is why I often say that you don't have to leave Texas to see what you want to see elsewhere for the most part. We all know they're not going to move Mount Vernon, Monticello, or Indy Hall to Texas, but you get the point!:D

I like all the goofy things that Texans do and there are others in the rest of the U.S. that also do it, but the greatest concentration of goofiness is in Texas. Texans are obsessed with size and I love that. I want to see huge statues of Sam Houston and SFA. I want to see huge jackrabbits and all the other stuff like cows, longhorns, and hippos I see around the state. Both Houston and Amarillo have a certain goofiness about the city that leads to odd things. I use http://www.roadsideamerica.com for a lot of my travels and there are 365 listings from Texas out of like 8000 across the U.S. and Canada.

[lonny23]

we had friends who weren't canoeists bring the truck back and pick us up at the i-35 crossing.
I knew it was something like that, but I had to mess with you!:D

I just liked how your story said drive to Blanco and take the canoe back to San Marcos!:D