Day Trips® from Austin

For local travelers looking for an experience in their own backyard, Day Trips® from Austin is the essential guide to things to see and do around Austin-from Waco's Texas Ranger Hall of Fame to Museum of Handmade Furniture in Braunfels. With a population of nearly 700,000, and a metro area of 1.7 million and growing, America's #1 College Town (Travel Channel) is an ideal starting point for many activities.

Jackie Sheckler Finch has been named Mark Twain Travel Writer of the Year three times by the Midwest Travel Writers Association. She is the author of several travel guides to destinations around the United States."