Are Big and Bright
Deep in the Heart of Texas.
The Texas State Flag
The Eyes of Texas are upon you,
All the livelong day.
The Eyes of Texas are upon you,
You cannot get away.
Texas Fight, Texas Fight,
For it’s Texas that we love best.
Hail, Hail, The gang’s all here,
And it good-bye to all the rest!
There is just something about Texas. I don’t know if every Texan feels it but, this enormous pride wells up in me everytime I step foot in “The Friendly State.” Here are 10 of my favorite things about Texas:
1. The Mexican Food (Mi Cocina, Javier’s, Primo’s – you can’t go wrong)
2. The Texas State Fair (Big Tex and Fletcher’s Corny Dogs)
3. Lake Texoma (Fireworks, Picnics, and Family Fun)
4. University of Texas Football Games (tailgating at Schultz’s Beer Garden)
5. Beautiful Lake Austin (I dream about sunny afternoons at the Hula Hut)
6. Our family’s rickety ranch in the beautiful hill country (trying to keep up with my rough and tough cousins)
7. Pit stops during Road Trips (Dairy Queen and Czech Stop for kolaches)
8. Elgin Sausage with a fresh loaf of Mrs. Baird’s Bread
9. The rich history (which each young Texan spends their 7th grade year learning)
10. The people (need I say more?)
And here are some fun factoids from Texas.com. Did you know?
• Dublin, Texas is the only place in the world where Dr Pepper is produced with the original secret formula?
• It’s illegal to put graffiti on another person’s cow in Texas?
• Dallas/Fort Worth Airport has the largest parking lot in the world?
• There’s an old law on the books that makes it illegal to curse in front a corpse?
• You have to believe in a supreme being in order to be elected to public office?
• You can be arrested for milking another person’s cow?
• The first rodeo in the world was held in Pecos on July 4, 1883?
• The official dish of Texas is chili?
• If you steal cattle, you can be hanged?
• Six different flags have flown over Texas?
Do you feel a similar immense pride when you think about your home state?
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