Trip to the Texas

10 Days Seeing Houston, San Antonio, Austin, Belton and the Sights In Between

​To get 2024 started off on the right foot we took a 10-day trip to Texas; a state that we’ve been to many times before – but not in the past few years. Since Texas is so big we tried to plan out a trip that allowed us to spend more time sightseeing and hiking than driving. To accomplish this, we laid out a triangle – Houston to San Antonio to Austin to Belton and then back to Houston.  Everything worked out great. We only had to drive 960 miles. Got to visit several friends. The sights were uncrowded. And the January weather cooperated (with cold and snow arriving in Texas the day after we flew back home).
 
Here's a map of what our overall trip looked like. 

​During our Texas travels we visited the following major sites:
 

• Buffalo Bayou Park and its underground cistern
• San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site
• Houston Botanic Garden
• Buc-ee’s (a mandatory stop for people that don’t live in Texas)
• The Alamo
• San Antonio Riverwalk
• Tower of the Americas
• Japanese Tea Garden
• San Antonio Art Museum (SAMA)
• San Fernando Cathedral
• Black’s Barbecue
• McKinney Falls State Park
• Texas State Capitol
• Blue Bell Ice Cream factory
• Gerald Hines Waterwall Park
• Houston Space Center

 
As always, we took lots of photos – here are a few to give you a taste of what we saw. ​ ​(click on any photo to start the slideshow)

Lots of great sights, outdoor activities and friends. Just what you need to make a wonderful trip.