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Best Restaurants in Bastrop, Texas

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The very kind and soft-spoken workmate (he does 200 push ups every day!) was now the driver on our return trip.  He’d been driving for about four hours already without saying anything, and I know that he must be hungry. We missed one town, so our ‘last’ opportunity would be the…

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Restaurants in Abilene, Texas

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We were glad that there were a lot of restaurants to choose from close to the hotel where we stayed at. In fact, Abilene has 257 restaurants. However, of our four days together, we ate at Cracker Barrel twice for breakfast, twice at Subway for lunch, and twice at Chili’s for dinner!…

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Hotels in Abilene, Texas

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From the site, it took us about 30 minutes to get to the hotel for an hour of rest before checking out the city for restaurants for our meals. We stayed at Holiday Inn Express and Suites. So on this field trip, we were accumulating some loyalty points for hotel rewards later.…

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Road Trip to Abilene, Texas

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The world’s largest Buffalo Skull, an outdoor structure which weight about 4,000 lbs., is located in the facility of Frontier Texas in the city of Abilene. From Sulphur Springs, we drove to Abilene.  I-30 go through the center of Dallas, however, we got on Highway I-20, instead, upon approaching Dallas to…

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Lake Ray Hubbard in Rockwall, TX

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Feel and enjoy the breeze! Lake Ray Hubbard is a 22,000-acre fresh water reservoir, and is one of the biggest recreational lakes in Texas. Restaurants, shopping, movie theater, salons lined the shores graced by a giant fountain. On the Harbor on the Lake, people could go fishing and recreational boating.…

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Hotels in Sulphur Springs, Texas

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Our first accommodation for this trip was in Sulphur Springs, Texas. We booked our hotels through the corporate travel site, egencia. It was very convenient since after management approval, our hotels would be booked automatically. 

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Sunrise in El Paso

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The breathtaking colors of the sky just before sunrise while driving on the quiet road from El Paso to Marfa one early morning after the scenic drive sunset viewing.

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Road Trip to Sulphur Springs, Texas

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Sulphur Springs, Texas. It is a nice and welcoming town that is just an hour away to the border with Oklahoma to the North. It was a wonderful day for a road trip for work last week from Houston to Sulphur Springs, which is at least a four-hour drive! My one workmate…

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Traveling around Texas

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We traveled more than 900 miles around Texas in four days. (See the size of Texas in comparison to other places in the world). Two of my workmates and I drove to see client sites and collect field data. We passed through some good-sized cities, and also saw for the first time some…

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Watching Sunset at El Paso Scenic Overlook

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There I stood on the rim of Franklin Mountain in El Paso, TX, at the Murchison Park, overlooking the City of El Paso, TX, USA, New Mexico, USA, and Juarez, Mexico. It was one scene feeling the wind blowing while I was watching the sky changed its colors in just…