2. The Lone Star State Bus Tour

3. Welcome! Our tour guide today is Tumbleweed Tonya Enter and Exit through the aisle Fasten your seatbelts Take notes in your Texas Travel Guide as we make four stops, so hold on tight! By the way, tips for the tour guide are encouraged.

4. Texas Facts #1 in the nation – Oil and Natural Gas – Beef, wool, mohair (goat hair) – Cotton, Rice, Watermelons, Spinach – # of counties (254) #2 in the nation – Size – Population 6 cities in the top 25 most populated U.S. cities Tallest capitol building Tallest monument (San Jacinto) El Paso is closer to the Pacific Ocean than to Austin Urban – refers to cities and their growth

5. FIRST STOP! Coastal Plains Region

6. The Coastal Plains are mostly flat land that lies alongside the Gulf of Mexico. The Coastal Plains cover nearly one third of the state of Texas!

7. Welcome to The Woodlands located in the Piney Woods subregion.

8. Big Thicket National Preserve

9. Austin

10. San Antonio

11. Lower Rio Grande Valley South Texas

12. Winter Garden

13. Spanish Influence Cities - San Antonio, Corpus Christi, El Paso, Amarillo Rivers – San Jacinto, Rio Grande, Brazos, Sabine

14. Refineries

15. Houston Ship Channel

16. Fishing

17. Hurricanes

18. Be sure to take your Travel Guide with you!

19. OUR NEXT STOP! North Central Plains Region

20. The North Central Plains is in the center of Texas. It has a little higher elevation than the Coastal Plains and is covered with rolling prairies. North Central Plains

21. The North Central Plains is a rural area. This means a small population and a lot of open country. It has warm summers and cool winters.

22. Cross Timbers

23. Drought

24. Tornadoes

25. Glen Rose

26. Petroleum

27. Fort Worth

28. Fort Worth Stockyards

29. OUR THIRD STOP! Great Plains Region

30. The land in the Great Plains region is very high in elevation, but is still very flat. Great Plains

31. Windmills

32. Ogallala Aquifer

33. Drought

34. Torna does

35. Blizzards

36. Grain Elevators

37. Ranching

38. Cadillac Ranch

39. More Ranching

40. Petroleum

41. Enchanted Rock Granite Quarry

42. The Grand Canyon of Texas – Palo Duro

43. LAST STOP! Mountain and Basin Region

44. Our first stop is the Mountains and Basins region! The Mountains and Basins region is the most western region of Texas. It has many mountain ranges and is very dry ranges and is very dry. Mountains and Basins Region

45. A basin is a low, bowl-shaped land with higher ground all around it. The basins in this Texas region are deserts.

46. Mountains & Basins Region Rocky Mountains

47. Davis Mountains Guadalupe Mountains Chisos Mountains

48. El Paso

49. Rock Window

50. St. Elena Canyon

52. McDonald Observatory

53. Drought

54. Big Bend National Park