Hi Gaye,
This give me an excuse to offer up a commercial for the tours that our
program committee will be hosting! On the Wednesday before SHA, Maureen
Brown has come up with some good ones -- all are described in the
preliminary program, which is at this location in case the published version
in the newsletter isn't handy:
http://www.sha.org/documents/SHA2011%20Preliminary%20Program.pdf
I've heard from a 3-4 Mozilla users that linking to it off of the SHA home
page sometimes doesn't work...though I gather sometimes it does...So there's
the direct link if anyone needs it. These tours are pretty small groups, for
the most part, though if you want to contact Maureen directly for further
details, let me know.
Also, speaking as an urban Texan who has never worn a cowboy hat or boots
(though I have ridden a horse on occasion...)...Houston, if you can manage a
stopover, is a very fun place if you stay in the central area and are
interested in arts (both "outsider" as well as "fine") and restaurants.
Let's talk off-list if you want details... I live in the so-called "museum
district" and can recommend places to eat/stay/see/do. My husband and I
often do a "funky tour of Houston" for visitors...although, as you might
guess, after SHA would be better than before!
Cheers,
Carol
SHA Program Committee
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Carol McDavid, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Community Archaeology Research Institute, Inc. (CARI)
Program Chair, SHA 2011
Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Houston
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Rice University
1638 Branard
Houston, TX 77006
www.publicarchaeology.org
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gaye Nayton" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2010 5:38 AM
Subject: Texas
> Hi all
>
>
>
> I am going to the SHA conference in Texas and want to look around Texas
> afterwards to see how they present their historic heritage. So:
>
> . what are the best must see western/historic heritage attractions
> in the state (I am already going to the Alamo) are there any natural
> wonders
> I should not miss?
>
> . I am on my own so does anyone know of any great tours (small
> groups though not bus loads) or ways to organise for a personalised
> tour/s.
> I had a great time in Arizona when a docent of the Flagstaff museum drove
> me
> around her part of the state and introduced me to all the locals she knew
> who did public archaeology or archaeology. A student at the uni also took
> me
> on a personalised day tour of the Painted Desert. I paid the student for
> the
> tour and the docent by buying up big at her museum as she would not take
> payment. Satisfaction all around.
>
> . Can anyone recommend a dude ranch experience. There are lots to
> choose from but it's hard to tell the duds from the good ones from the
> advertising.
>
>
>
> I have always wanted to go to Texas, having been raised on a steady diet
> of
> B grade westerns. Now I have the chance I don't want to miss anything.
>
>
>
> Cheers Gaye
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