vacation spots in texas for couples Archives - ToursMaps.com ® http://toursmaps.com/tag/vacation-spots-in-texas-for-couples Fri, 18 Nov 2016 12:59:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 Texas Vacations http://toursmaps.com/texas-vacations-2.html http://toursmaps.com/texas-vacations-2.html#respond Sat, 19 Nov 2016 14:56:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=225146 Texas Vacations PADRE ISLAND NATIONAL SEASHORE Located on the Gulf Coast of south Texas, 65-mile-long Padre Island National Seashore protects a sizable portion of a long barrier island. It has one of the greatest expanses of wild seashore in the country. The island has beautiful sandy beaches, dunes, and some grasslands. Deer and coyote are among the wildlife, along with shore birds and marine life which includes dolphin and whale. Activities: Fifty-five miles of roadless beach are open to backpacking and hiking, and also to 4-wheel drive vehicles. The swimming here is superb. Fishing is allowed, but hunting is not.

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]]> http://toursmaps.com/texas-vacations-2.html/feed 0 Texas Travel Destinations http://toursmaps.com/texas-travel-destinations.html http://toursmaps.com/texas-travel-destinations.html#respond Mon, 13 Jun 2016 10:30:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=205401 The Postwar Era and the Chicano Movement Post-World War II activities laid the groundwork for the later labor and civil rights movements of the 1960s and 1970s. World War II changed many Texans; one of these was Hector P. Garcia, founder of the American GI Forum (AGIF). Garcia had served as an army physician in Europe and had risen to the rank of major, earning a Bronze Star and six battle stars. Afterward he settled in Corpus Christi, where he joined LULAC in 1946, becoming the organization’s president one year later. He became more politically active when he realized that

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