Ever been to Texas?

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A few weeks ago I visited my friend down in Texas. He was my best friend when he was in Minnesota, but had to move down to be with his parents because he couldn't seem to make it on his own or keep out of trouble. So, he moved with them into a suburb outside of Dallas, Texas. I went down there for five days during the week, took some vacation time from work. It was just starting to get cold here in Minnesota, so it sat at a perfect 60-65 degrees in Texas! That was nice. We ended up driving all around Texas, basically. We spent more time driving than we did anything else. I am wondering, for those of you who are FROM Texas or who have been there, what should we do next time we are there? We did not put enough research or planning into it. We "planned" on being spontaneous, and this instead caused us to not have as much fun or see as much as we could have. We were in the areas of Dallas, Houston, Galveston, and Austin. We did see JFK's memorial and where he was shot, spent some time in downtown Dallas, didn't spend so much time in Houston but did do a bar crawl in what I believe they call "mid town", in Galveston we saw the ocean and the pier (YAY!) and went to a place called Moody Gardens (way overrated) and Austin is a complete blur. I wanted to see the white sand beaches at Corpus Christi but we didn't have time to drive the extra distance. I am planning on going back again probably in February, and I wanted to see what you thought would be good places to go to, good attractions to see. I loved the ocean and all the palm trees near the ocean, that was an amazing sight to see! Where would you go in Dallas, Houston, or Galveston or in between? Advice needed!