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Originally posted by adduncan
LOL!!!
This was fun.
OK--unofficial Best Things in Texas poll.
Best beer joint: The Ginger Man in Rice Village (Houston)
Best place to get lost: Big Bend Park (not at the peak of summer, tho.....)
Best convenient place to see native wildlife: I-35 south of San Antonio (*live* armadillos, and hang out for the butterfly migration in October)
Best "whattheheckisthat" attraction: The giant statue of Sam Houston just north of Huntsville.
Anybody else?
Adrienne
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My short list:
Best Texas Band:
Reckless Kelly
Best BBQ Joint:
Rudy's BBQ
Best Live Music Venue:
Gruene Hall
Best Dancehall:
Gruene Hall
Best Icehouse:
Floore's Country Store
Best Way to waste an afternoon:
Floating the Guadalupe between 3rd river crossing and Gruene, but only if its flowing at 200cfs or better. If its below, just from the 2nd to Gruene.
Best way to get away from it all:
Drive down 16 to Bandera, go to Bandera City Park, park and walk the lenght of the river near the rope swings. Almost always deserted.
Best way to experience Old Texas:
Saturday night dances at Garner State Park
Best drive to clear your mind:
Highway 46
Scenic Loop Road to Toutant Beaurgard to Boerne.
Best Beach: JP Luby State Park
Best Drive to hall ass, going 110mph w/out fear of getting caught:
US Highway 77 from Kingsville to Harlingen. (90 miles w/out going through a town, or even seeing a gas station)
Best free show:
Bats on the Congress Street bridge in Austin.
Fastest Drivers:
Dallas
Best strip of Clubs:
Upper Greenville Avenue-Dallas,
Lower Greenville Avenue - Dallas
6th Street - Austin
Best City Park:
Zilker Park - Austin
Best Place to feel lost:
Loving County (Most Sparsly Populated County in the US)
Best day trip:
Nuevo Laredo, Mexico
Best natural Feature:
Enchanted Rock
Best city-wide festival:
Fiesta - San Antonio (Oysterbake, NIOSA, Battle of Flowers Parade, CASCARONES)
Most Romantic Scene:
Riverwalk during Christmas - San Antonio
Best weather:
Rio Grande Valley - (80 degree winters, hasnt snowed there since 1896, not 1986,
1896)
Just my list with a Central Texas bias....