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East Texas Farmers Markets & Stands (Updated 2025)
East Texas Farmers Markets are mostly open on the weekend but there are few that are either open certain days of the week or everyday. Quiet a few of them are not only produce and plants, some, if not all, also have vendors for you to shop at. There are times where some of these…
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Crystal Beach & Galveston Texas Vacation
Have you ever been to Crystal Beach and Galveston Texas? I can’t believe I was born and raised here in Texas and I am over 50 but had never been to this part of the Gulf until this year, 2022. When some of my karaoke family asked a few a few of us to team…