Dallas does not have the mountains or the coast. What we have is a good road in a lot of directions, and a handful of small towns close enough to reach in an afternoon but far enough to feel like somewhere else. Glen Rose is one of them. Ninety minutes southwest, set in limestone hill country along the Paluxy River, it has dinosaur tracks in the riverbed, a wildlife park full of giraffes wandering loose, a historic square worth a walk, and a 60-year-old barbecue joint that is the real reason I keep going back.
Here is how to spend a weekend there with a tent.
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