Texas Gulf Coast
Dec 24
Arrive in Austin.
Austin Hindu temple
Stay in Austin
Dec 25
Tour Austin & Hill Country
Austin:
- State Capitol
- Congress Avenue
- Bullock Texas State History Museum
- South Congress Avenue: bats from under a bridge
- Live music
- Hill Country Flyer steam train from Austin to Burnet
Hill Country
- Bandera Dude Ranches
Stay in San Antonio
Dec 26
San Antonio:
- The Alamo
- River Walk
- Cruise along canal
Stay in Brownsville
Dec 27
- World Birding Center, Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State park
- Padre Island National Seashore
- Sea Turtle, Inc.
- King Ranch
- Port Isabel Lighthouse
- Gladys Porter Zoo, Brownsville
- Sabal Palm Audubon Center & wildlife sanctuary: 7 AM-5 PM, self-guided trails
- Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, Hondo
- La Borde House, Rio Grande City
- Oblate Mission, McAllen
- Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Alamo: Tours daily 8 AM-4 PM.
- Ramsey Nature Park
- Harlingen
- Costumes of the Americas
- Historic Brownsville Museum
- Brownsville Heritage Complex
Stay in Corpus Christie
Dec 28
- Mustang Island
- Texas State Aquarium
- USS Lexington Museum
- Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
- Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi
- Texas Zoo, Victoria
- Bayfront Art & Sciences Park
- Corpus Christi Museum of Science & History
- Texas State museum of Asian cultures
- Corpus Christie beach
- Magee Beach
- Ferry to Port Aransas
- Matagorda Bay Nature Park, kayak tours
Stay in Corpus Christie
Dec 29
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge: view whooping cranes in winter, water activities
Drive from Corpus Christie to Galveston
Drive back to Houston
Dec 30-Jan 2
Skipping
Austin
- Rainey Street
- Magnolia Market
- Waco mammoth Site
- Dr.Pepper museum
- Barton Springs Pool in Zilker Park
- Driskill Hotel
- Lyndon B Johnson library & museum
- Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower center
- Continental Club
- Ginny’s Little Longhorn Saloon
- Veracruz All Natural: tacos
- Ann & Roy Butler Hike & Bike trail & boardwalk, Lady bird lake, downtown
- Mexic-Arte Museum
- Museum of the weird
- Lone Star Riverboard or Capital Cruises for bat watching tours
- Blanton Museum of Art
- Neill-Cochran House
- O’Henry museum
- French Legation museum
- Driskill Hotel
- Elisabet Ney Museum
- Texas Quitl Museum, La Grange
- Mt.Bonnell
Hill Country
- Enchanted Rock State Natural Area
- Lyndon B Johnson (LBJ) National Historical Park near Fredericksburg
- River activities (Paddling/tubing) on Frio River
- Fredericksburg
- Luckenbach
- Caverns of Sonora
- Natural Bridge Caverns
- Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch
- Cascade Caverns
- Longhorn Cavern State Park
- Riverside Nature center
- Hill country museum
- Exotic Wildlife associate at Ingram near Kerrville
- Stonehedge replica in Hunt
- Apple picking in Love Creek Orchards
New Braunsfels
- Gruene Hall dance hall close to San Antonio (also other dance halls near Austin & San Antonio)
- Gruene Historic Districk
- Guadalupe River-family float
- Schlitterbahn Waterpark
San Marcos
- San Marcos River-Tubing
- Meadows Center for Water & the Environment: Glass-bottom boats
- Wonder World: Train ride, wildlife park, petting zoo
San Antonio (Skipping)
- Children’s museum
- Seminole Canyon state park
- Missions National Historical Park
- Spanish Governor’s palace
- San Fernando Cathedral
- Splashtown
- Lost Maples State Natural Area
- Ripley’s believe it or not museum
- Brackenridge Park
- Casa Navarro State Historic Site & Museum
- San Fernando Cathedral
- King Williams District
- Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum
- Aztech Theater
- Zoo & Aquarium
- Museum of Art
