When I visited Washington-on-the-Brazos, I pulled over for a variety of roadside stops along the way. Join me as I visit Newman's Castle, Berdoll Pecan Farm, and, of course, a quick stop for ice cream at the Blue Bell Creamery.

Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch is not only a giraffe and rhino conservation facility, it offers visitors the opportunity to get up-close to animals from around the world. Join me as I feed native, exotic, & endangered animals right from my car as I drive-thru the safari.

We're heading south to San Antonio's famous River Walk.

Usually I narrate as the video shows our subject, but when I went to the Alamo, the Director of Education, Sherri Driscoll, was a gracious host and has a huge depth of knowledge. After she shared the history of the Alamo, I decided to scrap the original script I had and just have the Alamo history be the narration for this episode.

Michael Zook and I took a road trip to the historic district of Gruene, Texas to have lunch at the Gristmill River Restaurant.

Just an hour south of Austin, along the Guadelupe River, sits a cluster of buildings from the late 1800s and early 1900s. We're in the historic district of Gruene for this road trip episode of Discover Austin.

Michael Zook returns to enjoy Snow's BBQ for this episode of Discover Austin. Traveling just an hour east of Austin gets you the 2017 winner of the Best BBQ in Texas according to the Texas Monthly.

Austin food blogger, Michael Zook knows the best spots to eat even when we're 700 miles from Austin! When we found ourselves in Kansas City a few weeks ago, we took the opportunity to get barbecue at Joe's Kansas City and film a special road trip edition of Discover Austin Eats.

For this road trip episode, Discover Austin headed east to Brenham, Texas. Here I visited the Blue Bell Creameries with Johanna Fatheree, a native of Brenham and Broker/Owner of RE/MAX Advantage.

At the Lyndon B. Johnson National Park, you can visit landmarks from President Johnson's entire life.

Do you like sausage? Or beer? Well, then Wurstfest is for you! This German heritage festival is a must-see event in New Braunfels.

In case you don't know, Texas ranks number two in wine tourism, behind only Napa Valley.

Located west of Austin, Enchanted Rock State Park offers a multitude of outdoor activities for visitors of all ages.

Time to take a road trip! We're visiting Fredericksburg, Texas, just about an hour west of Austin.

We're heading to Washington-on-the-Brazos, the location where the Texas Declaration of Independence was signed.

This road trip episode is different than most. Usually I narrate as the video shows our subject. When I went to the Alamo, the director of Education, Sherri Driscoll, was a gracious host and has a huge depth of knowledge. After she shared the history of the Alamo, I decided to scrap the original script I had and just have the Alamo history be the narration for this episode. As it turns out, though, Sherri shared a lot of history with me so we created an extended length version for you