DFW day trips and backroad destinations
Derrick Days 2009 Celebration in Corsicana Texas From the Corsicana Daily Sun: …Downtown fun begins at 7:30 p.m. Friday night [4/24/09] with a street dance at the corner of Commerce and Beaton Streets… The Derrick Days Parade steps off at 9 a.m. Saturday downtown, featuring country musician Billy Joe Shaver as grand marshal. Shaver will [...]
With Spring just around the corner, I thought now might be a good time to dust off this article I wrote about Chandor Gardens several years ago and post it here. This is a wonderful little place to stroll on a warm Spring day, or to take family pictures.
Each Spring in Tyler Texas, beautiful landscaped yards and gardens abound with colorful blooming Azaleas. Azaleas were first introduced to Tyler in 1929, but it wasn’t until 1960 that the Tyler Chamber of Commerce organized the event and started marking trails. Today there are eight miles of marked Azalea Trails passing by beautiful residential gardens [...]