Texas Road Trip Adventure
By Sam Webb
Day 1: Houston
Houston Space Center
Houston Art Car Museum
The Houston art car museum is a very cool place for anyone to go to experience the culture of the city. While there, I saw many cars that all have a story of there art. The art and story of the city of Houston. Although the museum is small, it is a great place for any tourists to go. The museums mission is to raise awareness of everything cultural of Houston in an art from. Now, I'm visiting a natural site of Houston.
Buffalo Bayou
Day 2: El Paso
National Border Patrol Museum
Franklin Mountains State Park
The biggest and best park in Texas is the Franklin Mountains State park. It rises up to 7192 feet tall! Unlike most other parts of Texas, it is tall mountains. After entering, you would have no idea your in El Paso. The park is completely in city limits. The nature there is amazing. It has many small animals such as birds and lizards everywhere. There is camp sites if you'd want to go camping in this huge park. Along with birds and reptiles, there also small marbles. The sky is filled with many hawks, golden eagles, and even some falcons. At night it is home to many bats and owls. It is diverse from any other places in Texas. The vegetation is like that so of the northern Chihuahuan desert.
Ciudad Juarez
National Border Patrol Museum
Franklin Mountains State Park
Ciudad Juarez
Day 3: Fort Worth
Fort Worth Cultural District
Livestock Exchange Building
Fort Worth Nature Center
The Natural site I'm visiting is the Fort Worth Nature and Refuge canter. At 3621 acres, FWNC is one of the largest city owned nature centers in the U.S. There is over 20 miles of hiking trails! Going along all these trails gives access to many amazing natural wonders to be found in this area. I chose to get a guided trip from there education program so I could learn more about it. If you think you've been on any type of hike before, your wrong. with 3621 acres of land to cross, with my time I barely got to see anything though it was still amazing. This natural history of Fort Worth will always be preserved. You see so much wildlife there that you may have never seen before.
Fort Worth Cultural District
Livestock Exchange Building
Fort Worth Nature Center
Day 4: Amarillo
Palo Duro Canyon State Park
The first place I will be visiting is the second largest canyon in the country. Only behind the Grand Canyon. I will be going around it on foot, so I can expire nice it all slowly. I went down many hiking trails and also biking trails with the bike I rented there. The best part about it is the nature study and watch area. It's the part of the canyon that has the most nature and wildlife. You could also go horseback riding in the huge canyon, but I didn't have time to do that. But I did see many horseback riders pass me. Eventually I made it to the top of the canyon, and the top view looking down is amazing.