Articles tagged with "Texas"
Texas weather is mostly a story of heat, with three hazards that visitors should understand before they go: spring storms, flash flooding on roads, and the Atlantic hurricane season on the Gulf Coast.
Traveling to Texas from elsewhere in the United States needs no visa and no entry formality. What it needs is identification that meets the REAL ID standard for a domestic flight, a little care at the checkpoint, and reservations for the parks that fill.
Texas is big enough to hold several climates, but the pattern most visitors meet is simple: spring and fall are the comfortable seasons, summer is long and hot, and the Gulf Coast has a hurricane season to plan around.
San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site, east of Houston, is where Sam Houston's army defeated Santa Anna on April 21, 1836, and won Texas independence. The grounds are free; the monument and museum are ticketed.
The Fort Worth Stockyards National Historic District keeps the brick streets and buildings of the city's cattle market era, with a longhorn cattle drive at 11:30 a.m. and 4 p.m., rodeo at Cowtown Coliseum, and dance halls and Western shops.
Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park tells the story of the 36th president in the Hill Country where he grew up, worked and is buried. It has two visitor areas 14 miles apart, and the ranch needs a free driving permit.