Texas, the Lone Star state, is an amazing state. Unfortunately, I’ve never been there, unless you count changing planes at the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport. Now you can experience Texas without making the trip there, since Texas on Tour, a traveling road show, will bring Texas to you. The tour just finished in California, and now is headed to Washington, Ohio, Iowa and Minnesota. Here is the schedule for the remaining tour:
- Bite of Seattle 7/15-7/17 Seattle, WA
- Ohio State Fair 7/27-7/31 Columbus, OH
- Iowa State Fair 8/11-8/21 Des Moines, IA
- Minnesota State Fair 8/25-8/31 St. Paul, MN
- This unique tour allows people to experience all that Texas has to offer. It is an interactive road show and has activities like virtual kayaking, live entertainment, and a Texas trivia game (with prizes). You can take home a piece of Texas by getting photographed at the Alamo, Palo Duro Canyon or a Texas city. This sounds like a fun family adventure, and I hope next year they add the New York State Fair to the schedule so I can visit for myself.
- If you are lucky enough to get the chance to visit Texas in person, San Antonio, a vibrant city of history and culture, should be on your list of destinations. This year is the 175th anniversary of the legendary Battle of the Alamo. Plus there is the world famous River Walk, museums and great Texas cooking. Go to visitsanantonio.com to learn more about the city.
You can even enter to win a free trip to Texas in the Texas on Tour Sweepstakes. Now I don’t have a trip to Texas to giveaway (unfortunately), but I do have a great prize pack for one of my readers. One reader will win 2 Texas gift boxes, which include spices, salsa, and chili mix. I received one of these boxes and used it to make some delicious Texas chili. So if you can’t visit Texas or check out Texas on Tour, at least you can enjoy some authentic Texas food.
Entry Method: Please use Rafflecopter form for ALL entries. (For daily Tweets you can just put the word Tweet in the mandatory entry box to unlock the Tweet box if it is locked.) This is the first Rafflecopter giveaway I have done, so if something isn’t working right email me, anne@upstateramblings.com and let me know. This giveaway starts at 12:01 on 7/8 will end at midnight on 7/15.
Disclosure: I was provided a product for review. This review was made possible by Mom Spark Media. Thoughts are my own.
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I have never been to Texas.
I like the rafflecopter!
I was there my senior year of college b/c my roommate got married- it was hot!
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yes i like it- makes things a little faster:)
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I’ve only been in the Dallas airport.
I like rafflecopter
I have been to Texas once in the 1970′s.
I’ve only been to the Dallas and Houston airports.
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Rafflecopter seems okay. I don’t have strong feelings either way.
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I have never been to Texas, but we have been talking about going to Austin sometime in the future
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My extended family lives in Texas and I’ve been traveling there since I was a child. Trips to Texas are such a treat!!
I entered the Gortons giveaway.
I passed thru Texas a couple of times but I’ve never been there as a destination.
Sure…I’ve been to Texas…I live here!
Yes–I think I like Rafflecopter. It’s an adjustment but I’m figuring it out.
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I do not like Rafflecopter. It keeps giving me errors and it takes a long time for
some of the answers to submit and then it says to submit error repoet.
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I really like Rafflecopter, It makes entries much easier!
i don’t mind rafflecopter. it makes it somewhat easier.
I like Rafflecopter.
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I like Rafflecopter.
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I definitely like Rafflecopter.
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I love Rafflecopter
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At first I really didn’t like Rafflecopter. But now that I’ve entered a few giveaways through it, it is pretty easy. I like it now.
I was in Texas airport for 1/2 hour – that’s it!
Ive been to Texas stayed with a friend for about 3 weeks
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Born and raised – love it!
I love Rafflecopter!
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No, I have not been to texas but I would love to go there
I love rafflecopter, it just makes more sense!
like Rafflecopter thanks for the giveaway
I have not been to Texas but would love to.
I love Rafflecopter, it’s sooooo much easier than putting single comments for everything
I love Rafflecopter because it makes entering contests so much easier. Plus, you can quickly see how many entries there are.
I went to Texas once! I loved it! My husband’s grandmother is from Goose Creek!
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I have been to Dallas, Ft Worth and Galveston.
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I have never been to Texas but I would love to!!!
It states in the giveaway info that this giveaway does not end until midnight on July 15…it is only 2:45pm EST and your Rafflecopter form says this giveaway is OVER.
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I’m not to sure if I like Rafflecopter or not, yes it makes it easier to enter but it also makes it harder to win in my opinion.
I stayed in El Paso one night!
Yes! Houston, Galverson, Orange, Tyler.
Yes, I like the rafflecopter!
I love rafflecopter!
born and raised in TX
love the rafflecopter!
i have been to houston tx before
I’ve never been to Texas, but my husband has been there. He saw the Alamo, and sid it was awesome.
Haven’t been, yet. Would love to at some point though!
Love rafflecopter!
No,I haven’t been to Texas!
I lived in Galveston for a year in my early 20′s! I had soooo much fun!
I LOVE Rafflecopter!
I like Rafflecopter because it’s easy to like on FB and twitter and I don’t have to write the same thing over again like some blogs I like you on FB I like you on FB etc
I’ve been to San Antonio a couple time (loved it!) and Padre Island and Port Aransas
I like Rafflecopter, I haven’t used it for a giveaway yet!
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Yes, I’ve visited Texas a number of times, Austin and Dallas, and really like the state!
I like Rafflecopter because it is quicker and lets you know the # of entries and how many days are left in the giveaway.
so sorry, learning how to use rafflecopter and entered the question about texas on the form twice…..