National Geographic's Texas Travel

Above, the cattle drive in the Fort Worth Stockyards. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

National Geographic is on a Texas kick this week.

They posted two items on the Lone Star State yesterday. One is on the 10 best things to do in Texas and the other is their essential guide to visiting Texas.

My personal experience with Texas is with the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The two cities are 30 miles apart, but they seem like one big city as there has been a lot of growth between the two. My first time there was with the California Reagan Delegation to the 1984 Republican National Convention in Dallas. A friend and I went back there in January 2021.

In their post on the 10 best things to do in Texas, National Geographic begins it with:

With mountains in west Texas, beaches along its Gulf Coast, and the Hill Country at its heart, the Lone Star State covers such varied terrain that sometimes it feels like a country all its own. And it was, from 1836 until 1845. Today visitors flock to America’s second-largest state to learn about its fight for independence, spot neotropical birds, chow down on barbecue or Tex-Mex food, or hike mountains and deserts.

Here are the best ways to experience it. 

To read more, go here. 

To see the National Geographic essential guide to visiting Texas, go here.