McDonald Observatory
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It’s also blessedly air conditioned. Which is why the battle for it was so important.
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In the spring, when it’s covered in ladybugs.
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From El Paso, White Sands National Monument is a doable day trip. Truth or Consequences has hot spring spas and Elephant Butte Lake, which has water in it this year. On the west side of Las Cruces, Old Mesilla has shops and restaurants.
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Carlsbad Caverns. Sign up in advance for the guided flashlight tours of the unlit caves. Stay for the bats.
Or, better yet, make your way down to Big Bend.
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Amen.
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I’ve visited Houston quite regularly for the last three and a half decades, rarely getting far from the Texas Medical Center (a city in it’s own right). It actually has some great little neighborhoods, unexpectedly good food, and really good museums. It’s worth going there just to experience the Rothko Chapel and the Menil Collection. The time I toured NASA was a blast (so to speak). Just don’t go when it’s brutally hot.
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We sometimes forget the treasures in our own backyard.
My son lives in Houston. Every time I visit my main impression is it’s comprised of several square miles of almost nothing but strip malls. Hundreds and hundreds of strip malls.
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And the Davis mountains for your soul.
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There’s also the Amon Carter Museum in Ft. Worth.
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As an expat from Brownsville I can attest to some charms, mostly proximity to Mexico (Matamoros) and the beach. Used to fish around Boca Chica. Great surf fishing. Now I hear they blow up rockets out there.
Well that is true, but there are cool little pockets of fun. And apparently no zoning whatsoever.
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Little Dickie DeSantis will be debuting his cotillion dress tonight on Twitter. The chiffon should look marvelous with the white plastic boots.
Does DeSantis hafta resign as governor or has FL changed that law when he announces he is running?
You can see bats in Austin downtown under the bridge at dusk and in north San Antonio.
Does Galveston still have that immersive exhibit dedicated to the devastating Hurricane of 1900? We visited with our kid when he was pretty young and unfortunately it rather traumatized him.
The Carlsbad bats are way more numerous than the Congress Ave. bridge, but the latter are still worth waiting for dusk to arrive if you’re in town.
Now, now, america has a long history of (eventually) accepting refugees from oppressive regimes. Though any floridians in a hurry would be well advised to try canada first.
This. Something everyone should do at least once. I was so impressed I went a second time. It’s also worth walking down if you have the time. Take the elevator up, of course.
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