Day Trips® from Dallas/Fort Worth; Getaway Ideas for the Local Traveler

by Sandra Ramani

• ISBN13: 9780762757077
• ISBN10: 0762757078
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2010-06-15
• Publisher: GPP Travel

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

Sandra Ramani has published articles in the New York Daily News, Travel + Leisure, Conde Nast Traveler, the Dallas Morning News, and on NewYorkTimes.com. She grew up in Dallas, Texas, where she still spends several months a year. Visit her at sandraramani.com.

Table of Contents

introduction	p. xi
using this travel guide	p. xiii
north
life on the square	p. 2
mckinney	p. 2
horse country	p. 9
denton	p. 11
pilot point	p. 18
Victorians & vegas	p. 21
gainesviile	p. 21
thackerville, ok	p. 27
northeast
where cotton was king	p. 30
greenville	p. 30
a dairy day	p. 37
sulphur springs	p. 37
jewel of the north	p. 42
paris	p. 42
east
market mania	p. 52
canton	p. 52
coming up roses	p. 56
tyler	p. 56
antique treasures	p. 65
gladewater	p. 65
southeast
at the crossroads	p. 72
corsicana	p. 72
water wonderland	p. 81
athens	p. 81
east texas star	p. 87
palestine	p. 87
south
bluebonnets and polka	p. 98
ennis	p. 98
movie town, texas	p. 104
waxahachie	p. 104
museums for everyone	p. 110
waco	p. 110
girlfriends' getaway	p. 120
salado	p. 120
southwest
the iconic small town	p. 128
granbury	p. 128
where the wild things were	p. 135
glen rose	p. 135
for the sweet tooth	p. 142
dublin	p. 144
hico	p. 148
west
culture and cowboys	p. 152
fort worth	p. 152
peach city	p. 163
weatherford	p. 163
next stop, "crazy" town	p. 169
mineral wells	p. 169
northwest
for the wine lover	p. 176
grapevine	p. 176
the grasslands	p. 183
decatur	p. 183
caddo-Ibj national grasslands	p. 189
on the chisholm trail	p. 191
bowie	p. 193
nocona	p. 195
festivals and celebrations	p. 200
index	p. 208
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