The Daytripper - Season 8

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Episodes

Big Bend National Park

Season 8Episode 130 min

Big Bend National Park

Chet heads to West Texas to explore one of the most beautiful and most remote national parks in the U.S. From desert hikes to balanced rocks to jaw-dropping mountain hikes with 100-mile views.

Big Bend and Terlingua

Season 8Episode 230 min

Big Bend and Terlingua

Season 8Episode 330 min

Taylor, TX

A visit to Taylor, Texas, which is known for its barbecue. Included: a museum dedicated to former governor Dan Moody (1893-1966); and a lake known for its crappie.

Season 8Episode 430 min

Conroe, TX

A visit to Conroe, Texas, where the state flag was designed. Included: touring a wolf sanctuary; eating meatloaf in the historic district; and "fly boarding" on Lake Conroe.

Season 8Episode 530 min

Boerne, TX

A tour of Boerne, Texas, stops at a vintage drive-in for "fickle" pickles and milkshakes. Also: a cave without a name; a nature center; and a shooting club that dates to 1864.F

San Antonio, TX - Downtown

Season 8Episode 630 min

San Antonio, TX - Downtown

Chet visits this town in South Texas to “remember the Alamo” and pay his respects to the Texas heroes’ hidden grave. He explores the largest Mexican market and a museum of curiosities, floats along the Riverwalk and dines on iconic Tex-Mex.

Season 8Episode 730 min

Palestine, TX

Chet explores this East Texas town’s history at the old high school and searches for a hidden waterfall at the local park. He then learns about giant balloons at a NASA facility and hunts for hogs in the dark woods.

Season 8Episode 830 min

Glen Rose, TX

Chet travels to a town that’s full of fossils where he walks in the shadows of fake dinosaurs at an amusement park and stands in their real footprints at a state park. He then explores a museum about the beginning of civilization and goes wild on a safari.

Port Aransas, TX

Season 8Episode 930 min

Port Aransas, TX

Chet heads to the coast to learn how to surf the waves and shell the shore. He dines on local seafood and learns the boating history that brought FDR to this coastal hideaway.

Mt. Pleasant, TX

Season 8Episode 1030 min

Mt. Pleasant, TX

Chet heads to a Northeast Texas town where he dines on sushi and samples the legendary “Pittsburg Hot Links.” He goes mountain biking at a state park and explores the aviation history of town, including the Ezekiel Air Ship that claims to have beaten the Wright Brothers to flight.

Season 8Episode 1130 min

Laredo, TX

Chet heads to the Texas border to sample the Tex Mex culture. He shops the mercados, eats at the restaurantes and finds lots of historia on the famous “Streets of Laredo.” To cap it off, he paddles the Rio Grande on the look out for migrating birds.

Season 8Episode 1230 min

San Saba, TX

Chet heads to the “Pecan Capital of the World” where he learns about the 1000 or so different varieties of this nut. He drives across a historic suspension bridge, stands below the famed “Wedding Oak” and shops at a western store that’s five buildings wide.

Season 8Episode 1330 min

Victoria, TX

Chet heads to the coastal bend and explores one of the most historic towns in Texas. He learns how to throw an atlatl and how not to throw a disc for disc golf. He eats at the oldest deli in Texas and even jumps in the Guadalupe River.

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