Maybe interesting trivia: East Texas is actually really green: https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Marshall,+TX//@32.4867717,-98.8823919,1696368m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m9!

Maybe interesting trivia: East Texas is actually really green: https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Marshall,+TX//@32.4867717,-98.8823919,1696368m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m9!4m8!1m5!1m1!1s0x8636f5dfa8038ca7:0x58332058355464a1!2m2!1d-94.3674184!2d32.5448714!1m0!3e0 https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Marshall,+TX//@32.4867717,-9... Great place for camping (45 minutes north-west near Gilmer, TX has an awesome OHV aka off-roading park). It's also got fairly mild weather (though doesn't freeze as often as I would've expected): http://www.usclimatedata.com/climate/gilmer/texas/united-states/ustx0517 http://www.usclimatedata.com/climate/gilmer/texas/united-sta... Anyways, no pro-Marshall or anything. The idea of East Texas being a poor-ish "backwater" isn't far off the mark. But if you like nature and goofin' off, it's a real nice place to do it.