TPW MAGAZINE—RGV ROAD TRIP: Exploring the Rio Grande 
Valley with Texas Parks and Wildlife Magazine [05 “…places 
we went.”]…details ahead on Passport to Texas.

This is Passport to Texas

To celebrate its 75th anniversary, TPW magazine’s staff 
spent a week in the Rio Grande Valley to discover its 
stories.

06—It’s the craziest thing we’ve ever done. But, sometimes 
crazy is brilliant. And I’m hoping that’s the case here.

Editor, Louie Bond, says the issue is a tribute to the folks 
who started the magazine 75 years ago in the midst of a 
world war. 

14—And we thought about, what part of the state of Texas 
could we celebrate that embodies the spirit of Texas, and the 
multi-culturalism, and fantastic nature opportunities? And we 
unanimously agreed the Rio Grande Valley was the place to go.

Their inspiration came from an old issue of Norwegian 
Airlines magazine.

14—Who had taken the entire team to the most northern 
location that they fly to in Norway—which was actually a tiny 
little town within the Arctic Circle. But, for such a tiny town, a 
whole magazine was devoted to it, and it was the most 
fascinating thing I had ever seen. 

In the end, Louie Bond says the December issue of TPW 
magazine is a love letter.

13—We call is a love letter to the Rio Grande Valley. And that’s 
what I would like everyone to take away from it. You know, to 
look at the Rio Grande Valley through the eyes of a new visitor, 
who looks around and says: “’Wow. I cannot believe what I 
found here.’

The December issue of TPW magazine is on newsstands 
now. Our show receives funding from Ram Trucks. Guts. 
Glory. Ram. 

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

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