If the next leg of your trip takes you through Amarillo you might want to stop off at Palo Duro Canyon State Park. But if you go through Dallas and up to Texarkana there's a beautiful little state park called Dangerfield State Park near Tyler, Tx along that route. Coming from Austin on I-35, as you pass through "West" Texas
just N. of Waco, be sure to stop at the Czech Bakery and get some home made kolachis. Also, in Waco there is a fantastic Texas Rangers Museum that has a lot of historical artifacts from the old west years of The Texas Rangers including some Bonnie & Clyde and Billy the Kid items. Also, if you go via the Texarkana route, once you get into Arkansas you may want to detour over to Hot Springs for a day or so and enjoy some hot mineral baths, massages, and a day at the horse races at Oak Lawn. If you go North on I-75 from Dallas you can stop off at Dennison Tx and visit President Eisenhower's home and spend some time at Lake Texoma.
I also highly recommend the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City, if you go that way. John Wayne's family donated all of his firearms, Kochina dolls, and old west collectables to that museum plus it's got a nice collection of western art. Either way you go there's lots to see along the way.
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