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January 1995. For more informa-
tion, call Jeff Syrus, agriculture
and operations director, at
1-800-799-MPEC (6732).
The Wichita Falls C&VB
moved to new quarters at 1300
Seventh Street in City Hall.
Personnel include Shirley
Dawson, director, Lisa Lyda
and Paula Moers, convention
services, Kristal Kingcade,
marketing assistant, and Susan
Walton, tourism assistant. The
staff eventually will relocate to
the Multi-Purpose Events Center,
where, in addition to promoting
tourism, they will serve as book-
ing agents for the MPEC. Their
new mailing address is P.O. Box
630, Wichita Falls 76307-0630.
Give 'em a call at 817/723-9988;
FAX 817/723-9997.
IN P R I N T
Texas took center stage
when two top Texas tourist
destinations were featured in two
travel magazines in October.
American Way, published by
American Airlines, spotlighted
the Texas Hill Country in a fea-
ture entitled "Ten Great Drives."
Editor Jim Shahin writes, "The
Hill Country was made for the
unhurried life. This part of the
world demands aimlessness, for it
is itself a haphazard unraveling of
rock and water, trees and fields,
beauty and treachery, as if thrown
TEXAS TRAVEL LOG
is published monthly by the Texas
Department of Transportation,
Travel and Information Division.
Please send news items of interest to
the Texas travel industry to Texas
Travel Log, P.O. Box 141009, Austin,
Texas 78714-1009. (512) 483-3727,
FAX (512) 483-3793. Deadline for
each newsletter is the 20th of the
month preceding the issue date.
Ann Kelton, Editor
Contributing Editors: Marty Lange,
Jane McNally, Mike TalleyJUDGE ROY BEAN TIC
Imagine his surprise, when man-
ager Neal Billings glanced out the
window and saw, not a caravan of
RVs, but a caravan of camels
instead. Howdy Fowler is leading
a small group of family and
friends on a 2,243-mile journey
across the southwestern U.S.,
retracing the steps of Lt. Edward
Beale's 1857 camel expedition.
Fowler, director of Trail Dust
Ministries, believes the camels
will help draw crowds so he can
spread the word about gang and
youth violence and how it'stogether in one of God's indeci-
sive moments." In an article on
"The World's Best Walks,"
Travel & Leisure cites San
Antonio's Paseo del Rio as one of
19 great walking trails selected
from countless trails worldwide.
THEME PARK S
In a just-released poll by Inside
Track magazine, a journal for
theme park enthusiasts, the
musical production "Rockin' in
Rockville High" at Fiesta
Texas in San Antonio contin-
ued to receive top ratings and
reviews. In the September issue
of Inside Track, Mark Wyatt
writes, "Defending champion and
two-time winner, 'Rockin' at
Rockville High,' finished number
two this year, still the highest
rated show at a park bursting with
excellent productions. This
ultrainteractive '50s show will
have you singing and dancing
right out into the themed streets
of Rockville." The nostalgic
blast to the past brings to life high
school pep rallies, a sock hop,
and a top-40 dance show. For
information on other great musi-
cal events, call 1-800-473-4378.
An expanded Holiday Light
Magic evening extravaganza,destroying our kids. Over the past
seven years, the group has taken
similar journeys by horseback,
horse and wagon, and on donkeys.
1-800 PHONE TIC Counselors
answered more than six thousand
calls within a short four-day span,
during last month's southeast
Texas floods. Counselor Joe
Slocum said because so many
major highways were closed, they
had to route travelers going from
Beaumont to Houston on a 200-
mile trek through Livingston and
Huntsville. "I love nothing bettercombining colorful lights, lively
shows, and musical favorites, will
greet visitors to Sea World of
Texas in San Antonio nightly
from November 25 through
December 30, with the exception
of Christmas Eve. The marine
life park will be alive with carol-
ers and sing-alongs, children's
shows, appearances by the
Anheuser-Busch Clydesdales,
laser light spectacles, and Santa
Claus. And famed sea lions
Clyde and Seamore will star in a
hilarious holiday show. Gueststhan helping folks out," said Joe,
"but I'll sure be glad when things
slow down."
WASKOM TIC Comedian
Justin Wilson, known to many for
his unorthodox Cajun cooking
show on PBS TV, popped in for a
new map on his way to Fort
Worth to help promote the open-
ing of a new Dillard's department
store. Counselor Donna Watson
said he is just as funny in person
as he is on TV. On his way out,
he reminded everyone, "Don't do
it if it's not fun." Sound advice!exiting the park can drive through
almost a mile of dazzling displays
fashioned from thousands of
twinkling lights. For ticket infor-
mation, call 1-800-527-4757.
The Right Stuff - A Mach
One Adventure blasts off at
Six Flags Over Texas in
Arlington this coming spring.
The multimillion-dollar ride is
based on the Warner Bros. movie,
"The Right Stuff," which chroni-
cled the birth of the U.S. space
program and the supersonic jetLEAPIN' LIZARDS! Amazing
new Creatures were
added to the lush
Rainforest Pyramid at
Moody Gardens in Galveston.
A large glass terrarium now houses several
dozen tiny Poison Arrow Frogs; Day Gecko
lizards add new excitement to the Japanese
Tea Room, and bird-eating spiders will alter-
nate with Pink-Toed Tarantulas to greet
guests from within their glass house. For
information on other Moody Garden attrac-
tions and events, call 1-800-582-4673.TRAVEL TALES OVERHEARD
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