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PHOTOS: When it’s summertime in Texas
Summers are different in Texas than in other states. The level of heat and humidity is richer, like a thick gravy on a chicken-fried steak.
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PHOTOS: When it’s summertime in Texas
Summers are different in Texas than in other states. The level of heat and humidity is richer, like a thick gravy on a chicken-fried steak.
Click through to see some of
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If it is good enough for Willie in 1984, it is good enough for you.
If it is good enough for Willie in 1984, it is good enough for you.
Photo: Willie, Houston Chronicle
Seriously, air-conditioning technicians make bank all year long but in the summer they really begin paying for their new boats and motorcycles.
Seriously, air-conditioning technicians make bank all year long but in the summer they really begin paying for their new boats and motorcycles.
Photo: Steve Gonzales, Staff
Or lunch, or dinner, or late-night snack for that matter.
Or lunch, or dinner, or late-night snack for that matter.
Photo: Yelp/AD H.
And begin planning a hurricane party.
And begin planning a hurricane party.
Photo: The National Hurricane Center
When you enter your house, even after just a few minutes outside, you use half a roll of these to dry off.
When you enter your house, even after just a few minutes outside, you use half a roll of these to dry off.
Photo: Rustic Elegance
Keeping a clean dry towel around isn’t such a bad idea.
Keeping a clean dry towel around isn’t such a bad idea.
Photo: Karen Warren, Houston Chronicle
Beer me, please.
Beer me, please.
Photo: Howard Castleberry/Houston Chronicle
And those weird tan lines are pure hilarity
And those weird tan lines are pure hilarity
Photo: Alma E. Hernandez, For The San Antonio Express News
By August you’ll see high school football teams warming up ahead of the school year. We say a prayer each time we drive that they stay hydrated.
By August you’ll see high school football teams warming up ahead of the school year. We say a prayer each time we drive that they stay hydrated.
Photo: Jason Fochtman, Houston Chronicle
Sandals and shoes are a necessity as the sun turns most outdoor surfaces into frying pans. Hey, cut your toenails!
Sandals and shoes are a necessity as the sun turns most outdoor surfaces into frying pans. Hey, cut your toenails!
Photo: Mark Atkins
Friends with pools at their homes or apartments become some of your best, most cherished friends in the world. Until next summer.
Friends with pools at their homes or apartments become some of your best, most cherished friends in the world. Until next summer.
Photo: Courtesy Of Sharon Ballas
They become a bigger problem than ever, especially after those Texas rains.
They become a bigger problem than ever, especially after those Texas rains.
Photo: Joao Paulo Burini/Getty Images
Most Texans in the summer smell like body odor, grass, sunblock, and bug spray and somehow you still manage to get dates .
Most Texans in the summer smell like body odor, grass, sunblock, and bug spray and somehow you still manage to get dates .
Photo: Paula Winkler/Getty Images/fStop
Easy there little guy.
Easy there little guy.
Photo: Eric Kayne/Getty Images
You either start doing this in the morning before the sun really gets angry, or late in the evening just before the sun finally sets. Yes, it does count as going to the gym.
You either start doing this in the morning before the sun really gets angry, or late in the evening just before the sun finally sets. Yes, it does count as going to the gym.
Photo: Vstock/Getty Images/Tetra Images RF
The heat becomes an ice-breaker among strangers and helps you make new friends.
Click through to see images that will warm every good Texan’s Lone Star heart…
The heat becomes an ice-breaker among strangers and helps you make new friends.
Click through to see images that will warm every good Texan’s Lone Star heart…
Houston and two other Texas cities have been singled out by Travel + Leisure readers as some of the friendliest cities in the United States.
Click through to see other reasons you can be proud of Texas…
Houston and two other Texas cities have been singled out by Travel + Leisure readers as some of the friendliest cities in the United States.
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Photo: Jonathan Adler
Smoked Texas barbecue from Gatlin’s Barbecue & Catering and Pizzitola’s Bar-B-Cue.
Smoked Texas barbecue from Gatlin’s Barbecue & Catering and Pizzitola’s Bar-B-Cue.
Photo: James Nielsen, Staff
Photo: JOHN DAVENPORT, STAFF
Come and Take It Cannon
Texas Historical Commission
Come and Take It Cannon
Texas Historical Commission
Photo: TK
This classic photo shows Nolan Ryan’s famous fight with Robin Ventura.
This classic photo shows Nolan Ryan’s famous fight with Robin Ventura.
Photo: Linda Kaye, AP
J.J. Watt and ZZ Top, together in one picture. (ABC/Randy Holmes)
J.J. Watt and ZZ Top, together in one picture. (ABC/Randy Holmes)
Photo: Randy Holmes, File
horse during the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Downtown Parade on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012.
horse during the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Downtown Parade on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012.
Photo: Mayra Beltran, Houston Chronicle
Our spaceman, Scott Kelly, when touched back down to Earth after 340 days in space.
Our spaceman, Scott Kelly, when touched back down to Earth after 340 days in space.
Photo: Chris Nelson
The Sam Houston statue south of Huntsville.
The Sam Houston statue south of Huntsville.
Photo: Steve Ueckert, Houston Chronicle
A big bowl of pho served up in Houston.
A big bowl of pho served up in Houston.
Willie Nelson performs at House of Blues, November 18, 2014.
Willie Nelson performs at House of Blues, November 18, 2014.
Photo: Jay Dryden, For The Houston Chronicle
Ann Richards, who would have no doubt loved to have seen the 2016 presidential election.
Ann Richards, who would have no doubt loved to have seen the 2016 presidential election.
Photo: Fred R. Conrad, STF
Bill Long, right, and his son eat at Whataburger off Silber Road. Can we have some of your fries?
Bill Long, right, and his son eat at Whataburger off Silber Road. Can we have some of your fries?
Photo: Dylan Aguilar, Staff
After viewing the wonderful bounty inside a Texas grocery store, he began to rethink communism.
Photo: Larry Reese, File
President John F. Kennedy smiles as he reaches into his pocket during a visit to the Manned Spacecraft Center (later renamed the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center), Houston, Texas, Sept. 12, 1962.
President John F. Kennedy smiles as he reaches into his pocket during a visit to the Manned Spacecraft Center (later renamed the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center), Houston, Texas, Sept. 12, 1962.
Photo: Bob Gomel, Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image
The Fort Worth Stockyards transport visitors to the Old West.
The Fort Worth Stockyards transport visitors to the Old West.
Photo: handout
Buc-ee’s Beaver Nuggets. Yeah, they’re just sugared corn pops. What of it?
Buc-ee’s Beaver Nuggets. Yeah, they’re just sugared corn pops. What of it?
Photo: Craig Hlavaty
Chile con queso
Chile con queso
Photo: Dick Dace
Sunset light on the Sierra del Carmen in Mexico and the Rio Grande River viewed from Hot Springs, Big Bend National Park, Texas.
Sunset light on the Sierra del Carmen in Mexico and the Rio Grande River viewed from Hot Springs, Big Bend National Park, Texas.
Photo: Willard Clay, Getty Images
Texas bluebonnets in a field.
Texas bluebonnets in a field.
Photo: Ronnie Wiggin, Getty Images
Texas actor Matthew McConaughey winning an Oscar.
Texas actor Matthew McConaughey winning an Oscar.
Photo: Kevin Winter, Staff
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach and Cowboys coach Tom Landry.
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach and Cowboys coach Tom Landry.
Photo: Chronicle Wire Services
Comal River tubing. In Texas we can tube six months out of the year if we really want to.
Comal River tubing. In Texas we can tube six months out of the year if we really want to.
Photo: Jerry Lara, San Antonio Express-News
View in Castle of the White Giants highlighting the Cavern’s largest column, the Watchtower, in Natural Bridge Caverns.
View in Castle of the White Giants highlighting the Cavern’s largest column, the Watchtower, in Natural Bridge Caverns.
Photo: Natural Bridge Caverns, Natural Bridge Caverns, Inc.
The cast of “Friday Night Lights” seen here looking majestic, young, and virile.
The cast of “Friday Night Lights” seen here looking majestic, young, and virile.
Photo: Michael Muller
Spend Valentine’s Day with a biker in Luckenbach: Show up early Friday to grab a camping spot and join the pickers’ circle, then prepare for a weekend of peace, love, Texas hippies and bikers at the annual Hug-In and Valentine Ball. Be sure to pick up a t-shirt at the gift shop.
Spend Valentine’s Day with a biker in Luckenbach: Show up early Friday to grab a camping spot and join the pickers’ circle, then prepare for a weekend of peace, love, Texas hippies and bikers at the annual
The Battleship Texas and the San Jacinto Monument seen on Friday, May 17, 2013, in Houston. ( Smiley N. Pool / Houston Chronicle )
The Battleship Texas and the San Jacinto Monument seen on Friday, May 17, 2013, in Houston. ( Smiley N. Pool / Houston Chronicle )
Photo: Smiley N. Pool, Staff
Tacos tacos tacos
Tacos tacos tacos
Photo: Lisa Krantz
Traffic on the IH-10 Katy Freeway viewed facing west near Loop 610 on Thursday, April 11, 2013, in Houston. ( Smiley N. Pool / Houston Chronicle )
Traffic on the IH-10 Katy Freeway viewed facing west near Loop 610 on Thursday, April 11, 2013, in Houston. ( Smiley N. Pool / Houston Chronicle )
Photo: Smiley N. Pool, Staff
The display cases at Mi Tierra bakery in San Antonio’s Market Square.
The display cases at Mi Tierra bakery in San Antonio’s Market Square.
Photo: Greg Morago
Climbing Enchanted Rock is a must-do for Texans.
Climbing Enchanted Rock is a must-do for Texans.
Photo: L. Williamson
Shipley donuts, all lined up ready for your mouth.
Shipley donuts, all lined up ready for your mouth.
Big Tex with some pretty Texans
Big Tex with some pretty Texans
Photo: Tony Gutierrez, Associated Press
Republican presidential candidate Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan show his “Luv ya Blue” shirt at a GOP fundraiser. in 1980.
Republican presidential candidate Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan show his “Luv ya Blue” shirt at a GOP fundraiser. in 1980.
Photo: Larry Reese, Houston Chronicle
Jumping in Barton Springs Pool near Zilker Park in Austin, TX
Jumping in Barton Springs Pool near Zilker Park in Austin, TX
Photo: Austin CVB
Billy Bob’s in Fort Worth
Billy Bob’s in Fort Worth
Photo: Kristin Finan
The iconic Lucas Gusher at Spindletop.
The iconic Lucas Gusher at Spindletop.
Photo: Frank J. Trost
The Astrodome even captivates non-Houstonians.
The Astrodome even captivates non-Houstonians.
Photo: STF
The Great Walk leading up to the south side of the Texas State Capitol building Tuesday, June 30, 2015, in Austin, Texas.
The Great Walk leading up to the south side of the Texas State Capitol building Tuesday, June 30, 2015, in Austin, Texas.
Photo: Gary Coronado, Houston Chronicle
A racing armadillo is seen at the Pearland Crawfish Festival Friday, April 10, 2015, in Houston.
A racing armadillo is seen at the Pearland Crawfish Festival Friday, April 10, 2015, in Houston.
Photo: Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle
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