Chet Garner
Director
The Daytripper (2009)
Season 6
Texas is BIG! Exploring it ain’t no small vacation - it’s a lifetime endeavor. But that’s exactly why we’re here. From the well-known landmarks to the completely obscure dives and hideaways, we explore every corner of the Lone Star State. We hope we'll inspire you to head out on your own Texas-sized adventures.
Released Oct. 18, 2009
Episode 30 min
2+
Genres: Reality, Reality TV
Keywords: tmdb.texas, imdb.non-fiction, tmdb.travel-show, mdblist.has-trailer
Watch Providers: PBS
Production Companies: Hogaboom Road
Network: PBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S6E1 - State Fair of Texas
Chet heads to the State Fair of Texas to explore its history, excitement and food. He hangs out with Big Tex (the fair’s 55-foot tall mascot), sees some prize-winning steers and ostrich races in the Livestock Exhibit, and explores the park’s diverse fried food, including fried butter, fried thanksgiving dinner and the original “Corny Dog.”
Oct. 2, 2014, midnight
S6E2 - Marble Falls, TX
Chet heads to the Marble Falls to explore its art, adventure and cuisine. He visits the Pogue Foundry to learn about bronze sculptures, peers into historic “Dead Man’s Hole” and then pushes his adrenaline levels on an ATV, a stand-up paddleboard and a hang glider. Along the way he finds time for smoked fajitas, a brew-pub bison burger and pie happy hour.
Oct. 9, 2014, midnight
S6E3 - Lubbock, TX
Chet heads to Lubbock and explores the Texas High Plains. After a trip through Texas Tech University and its traditions, Chet eats fried cheese and calzones at a few local hangouts, and then dives into history at the Buddy Holly Center and the world-class archeology site Lubbock Lake Landmark.
Oct. 16, 2014, midnight
S6E4 - Port Lavaca, TX
Chet heads to Port Lavaca on Matagorda Bay to dive into its coastal food and lifestyle. He goes fishing in the bay waters, bikes to a historic cast-iron lighthouse and explores the lost port city of Indianola where French explorer La Salle first set foot in Texas.
Oct. 23, 2014, midnight
S6E5 - Grapevine, TX
Chet heads to Grapevine, the “Christmas Capital of Texas” to catch the spirit of the season. He visits main street to eat at a French bakery, tours a winery, sees amazing sculptures of ice at the Gaylord Texan and finishes it off on the historic railroad bound for the North Pole.
Oct. 30, 2014, midnight
S6E6 - Athens, TX
Chet heads to East Texas to the town that invented the hamburger. He visits the Texas Freshwater Fishery Center holding multiple state record fish and placing over a million large mouth bass into Texas water every year. He finishes off the day zip lining through the pines and eating the tastiest pizza in town.
Feb. 5, 2015, midnight
S6E7 - Baytown, TX
Chet heads to the San Jacinto Battlefield where Texas won its independence. He experiences the renaissance of Baytown’s historic district including visits to a coffee bar and an artist painting every fallen soldier from the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. After enjoying some southern soul food, Chet explores the brackish waters of the bay and visits Battleship Texas, which fought in both World Wars.
Feb. 12, 2015, midnight
S6E8 - Kingsville, TX
Chet heads to the home of the King Ranch covering approximately 1,300 square miles of South Texas. He explores downtown Kingsville eating at an old pharmacy and soda fountain, then heads to the King Ranch for a history and birding tour of the sprawling South Texas prairie. To polish off the day, Chet dines at the historic King’s Inn seafood restaurant.
Feb. 19, 2015, midnight
S6E9 - Round Rock, TX
Chet heads to the “Sports Capital of Texas.” He eats a Texas-sized donut, takes a beekeeping class from Round Rock Honey and then explores the history of town on Hairy Man Road and Main Street, where outlaw Sam Bass faced his final shootout. He finishes up the day cheering for the home AAA baseball team, the Round Rock Express.
May 2, 2015, midnight
S6E10 - Monahans, TX
Chet heads to West Texas and sleds down Monahans’s Sahara-like sand dunes. In town he finds Texas BBQ, culinary masterpieces and history at a local museum built around an oil pit that could hold over a million barrels of Texas tea. He heads up the road to a museum in Roy Orbison’s hometown, then to another set of dune for a adrenaline-pumping dune buggy ride.
May 9, 2015, midnight
S6E11 - Schulenberg, TX
Chet explores the “Painted Churches of Texas” and dives into the German and Czech history of Central Texas with stops to a sausage maker, polka museum and Texas dance hall serving hot schnitzel. He also visits the Stanzel Model Aircraft Museum honoring the iconic company that made model planes right in town.
May 16, 2015, midnight
S6E12 - Devils River
Chet heads to no-man’s land to canoe the “most pristine river in Texas.” On this multi-day canoe trip, he fishes, camps on the banks of this blue river, and learns what it takes to survive in the middle of nowhere.
May 23, 2015, midnight
S6E13 - Tomball, TX
Chet heads north of Houston to explore a town built along the railroad. He visits its many historic sites and takes a flight on a WW2 B-17 “flying fortress” bomber. To polish off the day, he attempts to eat a “Mega Mel” burger coming in a 1 1/2 feet tall.
May 29, 2015, midnight
Network: PBS
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 30 min.
Released: Oct. 18, 2009
Last Air Date: Oct. 30, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: TV-G / 2+
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