Day Trips® from Houston; Getaway Ideas for the Local Traveler

by Laura Nathan-Garner

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9780762757084

ISBN10:

0762757086

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Trade Paper

Pub. Date:

6/15/2010

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GPP Travel

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Summary

Rediscover the simple pleasures of a day trip with Day Trips guides. For local travelers seeking new adventures in their own backyards, as well as vacationers, each volume offers hundreds of exciting things to do, see, and discover within a two-hour drive.

Author Biography

Laura Nathan-Garner was born and raised in Houston, where she currently lives with her family. A big-city girl at heart, she's discovered that some of Texas's true gems and most charming characters can be found outside the city limits. She is the author of Insiders' Guide to Houston (Globe Pequot Press).

introduction	p. vii
using this book	p. xi
north
a suburban retreat	p. 2
spring	p. 2
the woodlands	p. 8
lone star land	p. 14
conroe	p. 14
montgomery	p. 20
plantersville	p. 24
sam's town	p. 26
huntsville	p. 26
northeast
into the piney woods	p. 36
humble	p. 36
cleveland	p. 39
coldspring	p. 41
lumber land	p. 44
livingston	p. 44
woodville	p. 50
nature's finest	p. 53
liberty and dayton	p. 53
the big thicket national preserve	p. 59
kountze	p. 62
silsbee	p. 65
east
battlegrounds and birds	p. 70
pasadena	p. 70
la porte	p. 73
baytown	p. 75
anahuac	p. 78
oil and art	p. 80
beaumont	p. 80
port dreams	p. 88
nederland	p. 88
port arthur	p. 90
border treasures	p. 95
orange	p. 95
southeast
down by the bay	p. 102
alvin	p. 102
santa fe	p. 105
bay area houston	p. 106
life's a beach	p. 114
galveston	p. 114
south
wet and wild	p. 126
angleton	p. 126
lake jackson	p. 129
freeport and surfside beach	p. 132
southwest
pioneer country	p. 138
west columbia	p. 138
rosenberg and richmond	p. 142
west
farmlands	p. 148
katy	p. 148
brookshire	p. 151
san felipe	p. 153
sealy	p. 156
calm waters and shady oaks	p. 157
columbus	p. 157
czech territory	p. 163
la grange	p. 163
schulenburg	p. 168
northwest
bluebonnets and blue bell	p. 174
chappell hill	p. 174
brenham	p. 179
burton	p. 186
independence day	p. 189
hempstead	p. 189
independence	p. 193
washington	p. 196
navasota	p. 199
all the president's memos	p. 203
bryan-college station	p. 203
antiquers' heaven	p. 211
bellville	p. 211
round top and winedale	p. 215
regional information	p. 221
festivals and celebrations	p. 226
index	p. 243
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