Photo & Travel - Texas - by John C. Jones

Lots of Flowers and Festivals In Texas

Starting this time of the year people began coming to Texas for the many festivals and depending on the weather, just a few weeks away from the famous Texas flower trails as the bluest Bluebonnets and spring wildflowers start to cover our state (Marble Falls and the area between La Grange and Brenham), Dogwood trees blossom in East Texas, and Azales fill the earth with colorful beauty from Dallas into East Texas. This is the longest running festival of its kind in the world - 32 years now!

In the Big Country of Texas March 5 - 8 the Siglo de Oro Drama Festival takes place in El Paso. Spain, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic perform in Spanish. http://www.nps.gov/cham/planyourvisit/chamizal-theatre.htm

Siglo de Oro Drama Festival
Chamizal National Memorial
800 S. San Marcial Central
El Paso, TX 79905 USA
Phone: (01) 915-532-7273, Ext. 102

Gulf Coast of Texas March 7 - 9 Azalea Trail, Houston. This is a chance to walk through residential areas and see these showy flowers flourish at six Houston locations in varying shades of pink, purple, white, red and yellow that are such a magnificent sight to behold. Read more.

Another Houston Area Festival Tomball German Heritage Festival, Tomball, Texas Live music, dancing German food, beer, crafts, antiques, - March 28-30. http://tomballsistercity.org/festival.htm

Austin, Texas March 10 - April 30 Wildflower Days

http://wildflower.org/feature/?id=11 the Wildflower Center's 16 gardens will have bluebonnets and other favorites on display, as well as highway drives all around you.

Strange, but true!!! World's Largest Rattlesnake Roundup

Sweetwater, Texas. Snake hunters cover the area in West Texas finding rattlesnakes, bring them in alive, and you see snake handlers working with live snakes, snake meat being cooked and sold, and you will leave knowing more about the ole' Texas Rattler than you have ever know. March 7 - 9 Noland County Coliseum, Sweetwater, Texas.

rattlesnakeroundup.net

One of the Nation's greatest cites presents Remembering the Alamo, San Antonio, Texas, of course. March 8 - 9. An reactment of the Alamo siege - located at the Alamo Plaza. sanantoniolivinghistory.org

Azalea Trails, Nacogodoches, Texas. March 15 - 31. More than 20 miles of self-guided routes. nacogdochesazaleas.com

Fort Worth, Texas Butterflies in the Garden. All of March. Around 2,000 exotic butterflies are released each week into the conservatory of the Botanic Garden, for your enjoyment, photography, and viewing. fwbg.org

With the hundreds of events every month in Texas I suggest you try some of these links

to see about locations and dates for them.

http://texana.texascooking.com/cal/db/

http://www.texasfairs.com/

http://gotexas.about.com/od/texassizedattractions/a/TexasFestivals.htm

http://www.state.tx.us/category.jsp?language=eng&categoryId=12.2

Happy Traveling.