My wife & I are planning a little weekend escape over there. We're not bar people. We're more nature walks, old town shopping-type folks. I saw Lick Creek Park, Drive Thru Safari, Lake Bryan. We plan on checking those out but what are some other things along these categories that might be fun?
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Last: 17 days ago by Animal Eight 84
Sadly that's kind of it, nature wise for BCS. You might drive a little to the east and check out the state forests…some good hiking there.
Mesina Hof is a nice tour and tasting if you drink at all. I see the no bars comment, but it is a very different vibe!
Lick Creek is good for a Nature walk
Downtown Bryan (schedule for a first Friday if you can)
Lake Bryan is closer, but I would check out Lake Somerville trailway if you can
Downtown Bryan (schedule for a first Friday if you can)
Lake Bryan is closer, but I would check out Lake Somerville trailway if you can
Also it is not what your asking but walk the trails of Indian lakes early morning by 8 you will see all kind of deer and other animals sometimes
Saw a cougar the other day.
Its joke
Saw a cougar the other day.
Its joke
maddiedou
Not a lot here to see that you probably can't get where you are coming from. Most everything here revolves around Aggie events.
Bush Library might be interesting to you.
Also, drive up to Leona to eat at Leona Steakhouse is nice drive. 1st Monday downtown Bryan is nice.
A little bit of driving, but if you like German food and music Walburg German Restaurant & Biergarten in Walburg has good food and a German band every weekend from Spring to about Thanksgiving.
Washington on the Brazos is a nice visit.
Maybe attend one of the Aggie baseball scrimmages they are having this Fall?
Don't know where you're coming from, but a day at the Roundtop antique days makes a great day, we go and spend a day about every other year.
Bush Library might be interesting to you.
Also, drive up to Leona to eat at Leona Steakhouse is nice drive. 1st Monday downtown Bryan is nice.
A little bit of driving, but if you like German food and music Walburg German Restaurant & Biergarten in Walburg has good food and a German band every weekend from Spring to about Thanksgiving.
Washington on the Brazos is a nice visit.
Maybe attend one of the Aggie baseball scrimmages they are having this Fall?
Don't know where you're coming from, but a day at the Roundtop antique days makes a great day, we go and spend a day about every other year.
Go to the Tower Point HEB, exit the parking lot on the highway side, and slowly pull out RIGHT IN FRONT of traffic on the feeder road. Circle back around HEB and repeat
Best I can tell, that's what most older folk do around here
Best I can tell, that's what most older folk do around here
Park in the garage at Century Square for free.
Walk and shop there.
Walk across to main campus and give yourself a tour and stop every 100' to say "what the heck is that?" while dodging students on scooters.
Walk to Northgate and say "what the heck is that?" every block.
Count tower cranes.
Walk and shop there.
Walk across to main campus and give yourself a tour and stop every 100' to say "what the heck is that?" while dodging students on scooters.
Walk to Northgate and say "what the heck is that?" every block.
Count tower cranes.
Serious answer. Go west and check out the park at Bastrop. It's not that far, and maybe it's recovered from the terrible 2011 fires.
I second woodiewood1's recommendations.
I second woodiewood1's recommendations.
Downtown Navasota.
Washington-on-the-Brazos, birthplace of Texas.
Independence with old Baylor ruins and Antique Rose Emporium.
Ft. Parker State Park out toward Mexia.
In town, Museum of the American GI is neat.
Washington-on-the-Brazos, birthplace of Texas.
Independence with old Baylor ruins and Antique Rose Emporium.
Ft. Parker State Park out toward Mexia.
In town, Museum of the American GI is neat.
The left cannot kill the Spirit of Charlie Kirk.
Did you try the trails at lake Bryan? There are probably 30 miles of trails west side is pretty gentle, east side is rougher. Keep an eye out for the mountain bikers though.
maddiedou said:
Also it is not what your asking but walk the trails of Indian lakes early morning by 8 you will see all kind of deer and other animals sometimes
Saw a cougar the other day.
He said they're not bar people ...
ttt for maddiedou
maddiedou said:
Also it is not what your asking but walk the trails of Indian lakes early morning by 8 you will see all kind of deer and other animals sometimes
Saw a cougar the other day.
Its joke
Brilliant (chef's kiss)
drive around and flip off the flock cams
Explore veterans park. Good walking (sidewalks) interesting statues and historical info all around it.
Pick out plots in the Aggie Field of Honor.
I'd go visit Terafab…the most futuristic site in the universe
stay low boys. keep those feet moving. go be perfect.
- chavez (fnl)
stay low boys. keep those feet moving. go be perfect.
- chavez (fnl)
Just be cautious of the drive thru safaris - sometimes the animals scratch up your vehicles.
FlyRod said:
Serious answer. Go west and check out the park at Bastrop. It's not that far, and maybe it's recovered from the terrible 2011 fires.
I never visited Bastrop before the fire (I didn't move to Texas until just before the pandemic), but I find the 10 mile hike at Bastrop very nice, personally. I don't know what I'm missing, but seeing the different stages of forest succession is really neat.
FlyRod said:
Sadly that's kind of it, nature wise for BCS. You might drive a little to the east and check out the state forests…some good hiking there.
Lots of ticks out there. I went out there wearing boots and khakis and still found two ticks on my belly the next day. Ugh. Pretty, but empty and kind of monotonous compared to Bastrop State Park. Apparently there's a group at the vet school who study ticks and other animal parasites, and they go to the national forest to collect ticks just by dragging a white bed sheet for a few hundred feet.
When is the Tonkawa Tribe and El Camino Real De Los Tejas group going to open Red Mountain in Milam county? It's been a few years since the tribe acquired that land with plans to develop a public park. BCS badly needs more nature/historical things to visit in the area.
JMac03 said:
Just be cautious of the drive thru safaris - sometimes the animals scratch up your vehicles.
I'll never forget the time I took my wife and my Dad to the Franklin one. As we were leaving, I saw a guy taking his lady through the entrance in a brand new Mercedes convertible with the top down. I really wanted to drive back through it again just to watch the mayhem, but we needed to get back home.
If it is a nice day, drive over to Round Top and eat at Royers. The drive over is beautiful.
Fort Boggy State Park just south of Centerville is a great place to visit. Great hiking, lots of nature trails and lots of peace and quiet, even though it's right next to I-45.
Leach Teaching Gardens on campus is a real horticultural gem.
Seven acres, allow about an hour to stroll through.
Seven acres, allow about an hour to stroll through.