TPW TV—PARK HIKER:  They say life’s a journey, and this 
72-year old man spent part of it walking across Texas 
…we explain ahead on Passport to Texas

This is Passport to Texas (April 3)

For septuagenarian, Dave Roberts, an adventure that took 
him across Texas on foot, started a little more than two 
decades ago with a dream…

11— In my dream, I died and I went to heaven. St. Peter looks at me and 
he looks down at his book and he looks at me again and says, ‘Why 
didn’t you take advantage of what they had to offer down there?’  End of 
dream.

A retired math teacher and computer programmer from 
Maryland, Dave soon quit his job to become a full-time 
volunteer, taking time off for adventures.

20— I don’t want to just sit at home and play card games on the 
computer and raid the refrigerator every ten minutes and get fat 
and lazy.  I want to be outdoors, I want to breathe unfiltered air, I 
want the weather to affect me, I want to meet people I’ve never 
met, I want to go places I’ve never been, and that’s the lifestyle 
that I’ve chosen for myself.

That’s how Dave Roberts ended up walking across Texas, 
visiting close to 30 state parks along the way.

17—Visiting state parks has made my trip much more interesting. 
I made a spreadsheet: at 15 miles a day, how many state parks 
can I do? And I came out to 23 state parks. When I got to Tyler, I 
was like a week and a half ahead of schedule. I was doing 23 
miles a day, not 15.  

Join Dave Roberts on his walk across Texas, and find out 
how it all started, this week on the award-winning TPW TV 
series on PBS. Check your local listings. 

For Texas Parks and Wildlife…I’m Cecilia Nasti.






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