SPRING

It's a wonderful time of the year! Anticipating springtime is sometimes even better than looking forward to the Christmas season; for Tyler Texas is always ablaze with creation glory, beginning mid-March and lasting until about April 10th.

Tyler is the rose capital of the world; and the same soil that grows millions of beautiful roses also grows fabulous azaleas of every conceivable kind. One shouldn't miss the Azalea Trail during the above period of time. It's stunning. The cars and vans and buses and tours have to park, because everything clogs up pretty much. And the lookers are blessed when that happens! Why? Well, they have to get out and walk around and smell and touch the azaleas, that's why! Folks like for you to come up in their yards and admire their flowers; they'll even invite you in to see their historic homes! People buy these homes and restore them; and then they plant more azaleas. Not just azaleas, but MORE azaleas!

But the scents of all the various flowers, and the visual display of colors...... it's wonderful. The senses are attacked from every direction. Don't miss it. If you have to miss it, don't miss it on purpose.