Chet Garner’s Articles

  • City Spotlight: Lufkin

    City Spotlight: Lufkin

    All the nature and old-school restaurants you could ask for.


  • City Spotlight: Waxahachie

    City Spotlight: Waxahachie

    Everything you need to know about the “Gingerbread City.”


  • City Spotlight: Longview

    City Spotlight: Longview

    Longview is an old railroad town; home to some of the best barbecue on the planet; and the” Balloon Capital of Texas.”


  • City Spotlight: Midland and Odessa

    City Spotlight: Midland and Odessa

    It may be way out in oil country, but there’s plenty to do.


  • City Spotlight: Seguin

    City Spotlight: Seguin

    Home to the world’s largest pecan. We’re pretty sure.


  • City Spotlight: Blanco

    City Spotlight: Blanco

    Lavender fields, nine-pin bowling, spring-fed waters, and lots of buggies.


  • City Spotlight: Uvalde

    City Spotlight: Uvalde

    You’ve probably driven through this town on your way to the Great West. But have you ever stopped?


  • City Spotlight: Georgetown

    City Spotlight: Georgetown

    They call it the most beautiful town square in Texas, and I know them’s fighting words, but I think it’s true!


  • City Spotlight: Bellville

    City Spotlight: Bellville

    I call Bellville Texas’ spiritual center. Come pay homage to the site where we settled our first capital city — and meet some of the characters living near there today.


  • City Spotlight: Route 66

    City Spotlight: Route 66

    This is the great mother road of America. Take it across the Texas Panhandle from the Oklahoma border to New Mexico.


  • City Spotlight: Seminole Canyon

    City Spotlight: Seminole Canyon

    The Native American rock art should be on every Texan’s bucket list.


  • City Spotlight: Jacksonville

    City Spotlight: Jacksonville

    Jacksonville: a town of some great food and a weird amount of tomatoes.


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