Things Every True Texan Should See/Do

[bevo_daddy]

I'm talking about the unique things that make Texas great and what everyone should do/see as a Texan.

Things I've done:

Alamo
Airboat in the marshes in Orange, TX
Camped throughout the Big Bend
Rafted down the Rio Grande
Tubed the Guadalupe
Fort Worth Stockyards
State Fair in Dallas
Downtown Austin / Capitol
Galveston Seawall / Strand
South Padre Island
Concert at Gruene Hall

 

[blueglasshorse]

Here's a few more:

Enchanted Rock State Park / Fredricksburg
Davis Mountains / McDonald Observatory
Palo Duro Canyon State Park

 

[Beau Vine]

Texas-OU

 

[Stuck_At_Work]

Houston Rodeo
BBQ Driving Tour through the Hill Country
Tubing a river with friends & an ice chest

 

[goofyboy]

Highschool Football game on Friday night.

 

[FAST FRED]

Go to a six man football game.

 

[BooDog]

Kicker dancing on a Saturday night at a KC, SPJST or VFW hall (or other small Texas town equivalent).

 

[HookemDanno]

Here's a few I can think of:

San Jacinto Monument
Goliad
Give Clay Henry a beer in Lajitas
Fruitless searches for the Marfa Lights
Check out petro-glyphs at Seminole Canyon
the Zoo at Gainesville
Experience the Chicken Fried Steak @ Round Top
Palo Duro Canyon

There's more but I gotta get back to work...

Danno

 

[johnny chimpo]

Hike the South Rim of Big Bend.

 

[Bookman]

Sit in San Agustin Plaza in Laredo at 3 p.m. in July.

 

[big_fat_horn]

Swim in the cool waters of San Solomon Springs at Balmorhea State Park

Have a cold drink on the front steps in Terlingua

Sit on a deck gun of the Battleship Texas and pretend to shoot down enemy fighters

Pick up sand dollars on a moonlit night while walking the beach on South Padre Island

 

[Whitman Mayo]

Johnson Space Center.

 

[Puffer]

My contribution to the thread: Climb Guadalupe Peak

Next on my list: Float the Devil's River

 

[hullabelew]

- Concert at Sons of Hermann Hall. Just walking in the front door of that place gives me chill bumps.
- Spend the weekend at Bob Wills Days in Turkey.
- Cadillac Ranch

 

[dalhorn1]

Luckenbach, TX. That is all.

 

[Squall]

kolache's from West, TX

 

[George Best]

Have financial interests in oil and gas
Own a pair of cowboy boots and a Stetson hat
Drive a Cadillac with longhorns on the front
Own a horse
Use the word "y'all" regularly
Push for secession

 

[NEOKHORN]

Back in the 70's
- Drive down to Nuevo Laredo for the weekend
- Stacked Chicken fry at the Stallion
- South West Texas State keg party
- BBQ in Lockhart
- Pancho's buffet
- Camping on the beach in north Padre
- Eating at the Stagecoach Inn in Salado on game day and having Frank Broyles and the Razorbacks come in for pre-game meal

 

[Orange&White]

Spend a week at Garner Sate Park.

"Push for secession" FTW!

 

[ousuxndallas]

- Kayak the Devil's River
- See a sunset on Amistad Reservoir
- Tube the Frio River
- Drive to Llano during the spring for some Cooper's BBQ and bluebonnet sightseeing
- Floore's Country Store in Helotes
- Sonora Caverns
- Hunt doves in South Texas on opening weekend
- Spend the night at a hotel in downtown Alpine

 

[origino]

-Tour the Blue Bell creamery in Brenham

 

[jadedscenester]

learn/speak spanish...

 

[rreading]

Kimbell Art Museum/Fort Worth Cultural District/Dinner on the rooftop at Reata
Dallas World Aquarium, San Antonio Zoo, Fort Worth Zoo
Natural Bridge Caverns
Pedernales Falls
?Glen Rose Dinosaur Tracks (haven't been there in a long time

Colonial Golf Tournament

Boating on Lake Austin

 

[elface]

Be an obnoxious *** in Colorado and California.

Talk about the tv show Dallas to Europeans.

Get laid in Mexico by two Wisconsin female undergraduates because you are from the great state of Texas and Stevie Ray just died.

 

[accuratehorn]

Take the boat trip out of Port Aransas to see the whooping cranes at the preserve. Walk through the Aransas Wildlife Preserve, detouring around sleeping 10 foot alligators.
See a rattlesnake in the wild.
Camp in the Davis Mountains on a cold spring night.
Drive down miles of dirt, gravel roads to visit someone that lives in the Christmas Mountains.
Drop a towel on the hill at Barton Springs Pool and soak up the sun and the sights.
Slice open a cold Hempstead watermelon on a hot afternoon and savor the sweetness.
Visit the museum in San Antonio-Museum of Texas Cultures.
Ride the Galveston ferry over to Bolivar, and watch shorebirds at Bolivar Flats bird preserve.
Try the outrageous fried food of the day at the State Fair of Texas, like Fried Coke.
Willie Nelson's Fourth of July Picnic.
Dance country at the Broken Spoke.
Spend the night at Indian Lodge in Fort Davis State Park.
Drive the washed out road between Sea Rim State Park and High Island, four-wheel drive only, though.

 

[TexasTower]

South Padre during spring break.

Gameday at DKR.

BBQ at Coopers in Llano

 

[Mitch Cumsteen]

1. Spend a night in a Mexican jail.
2. Try to eat the 72 oz steak at that steakhouse in Amarillo.
3. Jet ski through the riverwalk. Naked.
4. Sit in traffic at 59 and 610 on the last shopping day before Christmas.
5. Get grossed out by some dude in a banana hammock at Barton Springs.
6. Complain about Austin and constantly remind everybody how cool it used to be.

 

[Zone Read]

The thread says everything a true Texan should do and makes Texas great, doesn't require it to be in Texas. So, I would say...

Attend a National Championship college football game where a team from California gets beaten by a team from Texas in the greatest game of all time.

 

[Knoxville-Horn]

I miss home. Two weeks 'til I make it back for a week-long vacation.

 

[BrûléeOrange]

See the outdoor musical "Texas" at Palo Duro Canyon State Park.