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The Daytripper.

The Daytripper

This six-time Emmy Award-winning travel series centers on one-day adventures exploring the food, culture and history of Texas towns. From Abilene to Wimberley, host Chet Garner covers well-known landmarks as well as obscure dives and hideaways all throughout the Lone Star state. Some destinations include the National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg; Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth; a mountaintop classroom in Alpine, Texas; Big Bend National Park; and a visit to the oldest deli in Texas.

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UPCOMING EPISODES

Thu, 10/10 at 8:00 pm America/Chicago on Austin PBS HDTV

Menard

Visiting the ruins of an abandoned Spanish fort; Fort McKavett; swimming in the San Saba River; a local bakery run by three teenage sisters.

Sat, 10/12 at 10:00 am America/Chicago on Austin PBS HDTV

Menard

Visiting the ruins of an abandoned Spanish fort; Fort McKavett; swimming in the San Saba River; a local bakery run by three teenage sisters.

Sat, 10/12 at 5:30 pm America/Chicago on Austin PBS HDTV

Menard

Visiting the ruins of an abandoned Spanish fort; Fort McKavett; swimming in the San Saba River; a local bakery run by three teenage sisters.

Sun, 10/13 at 10:30 am America/Chicago on Austin PBS HDTV

Menard

Visiting the ruins of an abandoned Spanish fort; Fort McKavett; swimming in the San Saba River; a local bakery run by three teenage sisters.

Thu, 10/17 at 8:00 pm America/Chicago on Austin PBS HDTV

Denison

The birthplace of President Dwight D. Eisenhower and its expansive Main Street; the man who saved the European wine industry and a local distillery that makes cognac in his honor; swimming on Lake Texoma; country catfish.

Sat, 10/19 at 10:00 am America/Chicago on Austin PBS HDTV

Denison

The birthplace of President Dwight D. Eisenhower and its expansive Main Street; the man who saved the European wine industry and a local distillery that makes cognac in his honor; swimming on Lake Texoma; country catfish.