#EveryInchOfTexas Part 1: Taking the Panhandle by Storm

As a New Years resolution, I want to see all 254 counties in Texas. I was jumping at the bit to get going, so I started before New Years and decided to first visit some of the furthest-away counties. I would visit each county’s courthouse to prove I was in that county. I initially planned to visit all 26 counties of the Texas Panhandle over a weekend.



With a little route optimization courtesy of MapQuest, I made a plan to visit all these counties in the least amount of time.



I printed out a list and headed out.



I drove to Dalhart on a Friday night and then proceeded to visit all the counties on my list from dawn until dusk on Saturday. I repeated this on Sunday until I got to Childress County. I then made my way south and tried visiting as many counties as I could until I knew I needed to stop and get back to Austin. 1.) Dallam County



2.) Sherman County



3.) Moore County



4.) Hartley County



5.) Oldham County



6.) Potter County



7.) Randall County



8.) Deaf Smith County



9.) Parmer County



10.) Castro County



11.) Swisher County



12.) Briscoe County



13.) Armstrong County



14.) Carson County



15.) Hutchinson County



16.) Hansford County



17.) Ochiltree County



18.) Lipscomb County



19.) Hemphill County



20.) Wheeler County



21.) Roberts County



22.) Gray County



23.) Donley County



24.) Hall County



25.) Collingsworth County



26.) Childress County



27.) Cottle County



28.) King County



29.) Stonewall County



30.) Fisher County



31.) Nolan County



32.) Coleman County



33.) Mills County



When everything was said and done, I actually was able to visit 33 counties. That’s 7 more than initially planned! I got to color in my map a bit more.



You can follow this adventure in real time by following my Instagram. I will be posting pictures from the road as I see #EveryInchOfTexas. You can follow my Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/impulsivetravelerguy/