The State Fair of Texas Ready your walking shoes, sunscreen, and appetite: The State Fair of Texas kicks off September 25 with its annual cornucopia of scream-worthy rides, stock-show photo ops, car-show dreams, side-show amusement, chest-thumping football, and fried-food bliss.
		The Lakes Less Paddled Photojournalist Erich Schlegel takes us along as he revisits the Rio Grande Valley resacas of his youth. The oxbow lakes wind through the semitropical vegetation of cities like Brownsville and San Benito, providing a haven for paddlers, birders, and anglers.
		In Country’s Country At Carthage’s Texas Country Music Hall of Fame & Tex Ritter Museum, dig deep into the roots of country music, two-step to the Ray Price shuffle, and explore the Lone Star State’s rich influence on the genre’s sound and style.

Also this month: San Antonio’s new DoSeum, Mission’s National Butterfly Center, take home a flag from Gonzales, Stetson Hats turns 150 in Garland, Sweetie Pie’s Ribeyes in Decatur, the Original Ninfa’s masterful margaritas, the Fredericksburg Food & Wine Fest, haunted Fort Concho, vintage travel along the Bankhead Highway, a Port O’Connor daytrip, and things that go bump in the night.

This little journal is the perfect place to jot notes about recent travels or even your grocery list. The inside cover features fun facts about Texas and the lyrics to our official state song, “Texas, Our Texas.” Set of 3 journals with 44 blank pages. 3.625"x 5.5".

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