Travelogue The Tropical Traveler invites you to adventure in south Texas. Eleven months of 
the year we travel to a different community in the Texas Tropical Trail Region and record our adventures here. You can use this a place to start planning your own adventure!
Alice/Tymrak Farms (Jim Wells County) – Tour of the South Texas Museum , discussion of the Tejano R.O.O.T.S. Museum, Visit to Tymrak Farms…
Aransas Pass/Port Aransas Causeway (San Patricio County) – Visit the Rialto Theatre, eat at the West of Key west restaurant…
Bayside (Refugio County) – Hayride at the Fennessey Ranch & Overview of the Coastal Bend Wildlife Photo Contest…
Hebbronville (Jim Hogg County) – Tour the Scotus College & Our Lady of the Guadalupe Church, Visit the Hillcrest Tortilla/Tamale Factory…
Hidalgo (Hidalgo County) - Visit the Old Hidalgo Pumphouse Museum & World Birding Center, Trolley Tour through the city Hidalgo…
High Lonesome Ranch (McMullen County) – Travel back in time and experience a day in the life of the characters from the novel “Lonesome Dove.”
Laredo (Webb County) – See true South Texas art at the Laredo Center for the Arts, see wildlife native to the Valley at the Lamar Bruni Vergara Environmental Science Center…
McAllen (Hidalgo County) - See local artists at work at the MC2 Creative Incubator, learn the origin of the city of McAllen at the McAllen Creative Incubator…
Oakville (Live Oak County) – Experience the historic Oakville Jail and learn about South Texas native J. Frank Dobie…
Padre Island National Seashore (Kleberg County) - See/Sea Turtles at the Sea Turtle Science and Recovery Center or take a walk along the beach…
Port Aransas (Nueces County) - Visit the historic & beautiful Tarpon Inn & plan a trip the the Port Aransas Museum…
Refugio (Refugio County) – Visit one of the only Vineyards in South Texas, see beautiful historic homes with lavish front porches…
San Juan and Weslaco (Hidalgo County) - See the majestic Basilica of Our Lady of San Juan del Valle National Shrine, or make bird calls at the Frontera Audubon Thicket…
Texas Olive Ranch – (Dimmit County) – Visit the beautiful Brush Country byway and see the unexpected in South Texas…and Olive Ranch!
USS Lexington/Corpus Christi (Nueces County) – See the famous USS Lexington and the museum & planes that inhabit it…
