Monday, August 15, 2016

Around Texas in 23 Days

*This trip is planned from Milan, TN*

Day 1)

7am - Leave Milan, TN

10-10:30 Pit Stop
1:30-2 Pit Stop

4:30pm-Camp - Ratcliff Recreation Area

Day 2)

8am - Leave Camp

11am-camp - Galveston Island State Park
-beach -fishing -trails -interpretive center -observation tower

Day 3)

9am-11am - San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site
-monument -observation floor -museum -battleground -Battleship Texas

11:30am-12pm - Beatles statue - 2401 Nance St, Houston

12:15pm-12:45pm - Miracle Virgin Mary Oak Tree - 700 W 39th St, Houston

1pm-1:30pm - Waterwall

2pm-3pm - NASA-themed McDonalds

3:45pm-Camp - Galveston Island State Park

Day 4)

8am - Leave Camp

9am-5pm - Johnson Space Center
-Starship Gallery(45m) -Independence Plaza(90m) -Galileo Shuttlecraft(60m) -The Shuttle(15m) -International Space Station(45m) -Living in Space(30m) -Tram Tour(90m)(Building 9) -Stellar Science Show(30m) -Space Center Plaza (60m) -Saturn V@ Rocket Park

6pm-Camp - Galveston Island State Park

Day 5)

8am - Leave camp

11am-11:30am - 30 Minute Pit Stop

12:15pm-2pm - USS Lexington Museum on the Bay
-ship tour -visitor center -museum

2:30pm-3:30pm - Voyage: Journey of Our Solar System
-Corpus Christi waterfront

4:15pm-camp - Padre Island National Seashore -Jr Program
-Malaquite VC -beach -Grasslands Nature Trail
-Malaquite Campground

Day 6)

8am - Leave Camp

11am-1pm - Port Isabel Lighthouse State Historic Site
-tour lighthouse
$3 each

1:30pm-3:30pm - Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park
-VC -Jr Program
-trail -overlook

6:30pm-Camp - Malaquite Campground

Day 7)

8am - Leave Camp

10:30am-11:30am - San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
-vc -Mission San Jose
11:30-12 - Mission Concepcion
12:15-12:45 - Mission San Juan Capistrano
12:45-1:15 - Mission Espada
1:30-2 - VC

2:15pm-3:30pm - The Alamo
-Remains of the Dead

4:45pm-Camp - McKinney Falls State Park

Day 8)

8am - Leave Camp

9am-11am - Jacob's Well Natural Area

12pm-12:15pm - Moonlight Tower
-Dazed and Confused movie

12:30pm-1pm - Top Notch Burgers

2pm-4pm - Hamilton Pool Preserve

5:15pm-Camp - Enchanted Rock State Natural Area
-pink granite formations -trails -interpretive center -scenic view area

Day 9)

8:15am - Leave Camp

9am-1pm - Lyndon B Johnson National Historical Park
-VC -Jr Program
-boyhood home -Johnson Settlement -LBJ Ranch in Stonewall

1pm-4pm - Lyndon B Johnson State Park and Historic Site
-VC -bison herd -trails -Sauer-Beckmann Farm -LBJ statue -Longhorn herd

4:45pm-Camp - Enchanted Rock State Natural Area

Day 10)

8am - Leave Camp

9am-9:30am - Stonehenge in the Hills, Ingram

10:30am-3pm - Devils Sinkhole State Natural Area

4pm-Camp - South Llano River State Park

Day 11)

8am - Leave Camp

9:30am-10am - David Crockett Monument, Ozona

12pm-Camp - Amistad National Recreation Area
-VC -Jr Program
-pictographs -trails -viewpoint road -Amistad Dam

Day 12)

8am - Leave Camp

11:15am-Camp - Big Bend National Park
-Persimmon VC
     -JR Program
-Grapevine Hills 2.2m RT
-Windowview 0.3m RT
-Santa Elena Canyon 1.7m RT
-Hot Springs
-Rio Grande Village VC
-Panthar Junction VC

Day 13)

8am - Leave Camp

9:30am-10:30am - Lajitas -Abandoned Movie Set

12:30pm-2:30pm - Fort Davis National Historical Site
-VC/Film -Jr Program
-5 historic buildings -bugle calls -dress retreat parade

5:45pm-Camp - El Paso W/Anthony KOA

Day 14)

8:30am - Leave Camp

9am-11am - Chamizal National Memorial
-cultural center -Jr Program
-historic boundry monument

11:45am-3pm - Hueco Tanks State Park and Historic Site
-ruins -pictograph site -Sacred Desert Sanctuary -interpretive center

4:30pm-Camp - Guapalupe Mountains National Park
-Pine Springs Campground
-VC -Jr Program

Day 15)

8:30-9:30 - The Pinery 0.75m RT
Pinery Buttefield State Station Ruins
9:40-11 - Frijole Ranch History Musuem
11-11:30 - Manzanita Springs 0.2m RT
12-12:30 - McKittrick Nature Trail 0.9m RT

3pm-3:30pm - Odessa Meteor Crater

6pm-Camp - Lubbock KOA

Day 16)

9:45am - Leave Camp

10am-11am - Buddy Holly Center

11am-12pm - American Wind Power Center

2pm-Camp - Palo Duro Canyon State Park
-second largest canyon in country
-trails -vc -overlooks -historic marker

Day 17)

8am - Leave Camp

Add 20Minutes: Cadillac Ranch, Amarillo

9:15am-12:15pm - Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument
-VC/Exhibits -Jr Program
-Guided Tour 1m RT

1:45pm-2:45pm - Devils Rope Museum

6:15pm-Camp - Abilene KOA

Day 18)

8am - Leave Camp

8:15am-9am - Dr. Suess Park

9am-12pm - Frontier Texas
-World's Largest Buffalo Skull

12pm-12:30pm - World's Largest Paper Airplane

1pm-3pm - Buffalo Gap Historic Village

5pm-5:30pm - Giant Metal Spur - Hico

6pm-Camp - Dinosaur Valley State Park

Day 19)

9am-1pm - Dinosaur World

1pm-Camp - Dinosaur Valley State Park
-dinosaur tracks -interpretive center -trails -swim -fish

Day 20)

9am - Leave Camp

10:15am-11am - Crazy Water - Mineral Wells
-Famous Mineral Water Co. -free taste

11:15am-1:30pm - Mineral Wells Fossil Park
-fossil collecting

2:30pm-3:30pm - Fort Worth Water Gardens
-Logans Run

3:45pm-4:15pm - Skymirror @ AT&T Stadium

4:45pm-5:15pm - 21ft Origami Pegasus, Irving

5:30pm-6:30pm - Mustangs of Las Colinas

7pm-Camp - Dallas/Arlington KOA

Day 21)

8am - Leave Camp

8:30am-9am - Clyde Barrow Grave - Wester Heights Cemetery
-1617 Fort Worth Ave (bad area)

9:15am-10am - Pioneer Plaza - 1428 Young St
-Longhorn herd statues

10am-12pm - Reunion Tower

12pm-2pm - JFK Sixth Floor Museum
-Assasination Tour

2:15pm-2:45pm - Bonnie Parker Grave - Crown Hill Memorial Park

3pm-Camp - Dallas/Arlington KOA

Day 22)

8:30am - Leave Camp

9am-12pm - Cavanaugh Flight Museum

12:30pm-4pm - Southfork Ranch
-VC -Ewing Museum -ranch grounds -texas longhorns
$15 Adults, $9 Kids
-3700 Hogge Road

5pm-Camp - Eisenhower State Park

Day 23)

8:30am - Leave Camp

9am-10am - Eisenhower Birthplace Stae Historic Site
-1870s Home Tour (30min)
-Film (12min) -VC -Statue

11am-11:30am - Eiffel Tower, The Paris w/ Hat

30 Minute Pit Stops: 2:30-3, 6-6:30

7:30pm - Milan, TN


Roadside Attractions:

Mid Point Café -Route 66 Midpoint

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