Meet John Sorsby | Texas Travel Content Creator

We had the good fortune of connecting with John Sorsby and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi John, what do you attribute your success to?
I’ve always let my interests lead me over anything else. I have to enjoy and be fulfilled by the day-to-day process of the work. If I don’t enjoy the process, then I know I won’t be able to sustain the consistent workload it takes to bring a new idea into a crowded world.

So with the content I create, I visit the places that I’d want to visit even if I wasn’t creating content. And then I tell the stories of those places that catch my attention. And thankfully, other people have found those stories interesting too.

Alright, so let’s move onto what keeps you busy professionally?
I just recently finished up visiting all 88 Texas State Parks in one year. That state park project was the foundation of the Texas travel content that I create and guided my travels to every corner of the state over the past year.

I created short-form videos at each state park as well as countless Texas towns, historic sites, ghost towns and other unique Texas spots along the way.

I learn local history about every place I travel to, and then I tell interesting stories about those places in my videos. I believe the stories have set my videos apart and made them interesting to people.

If you had a friend visiting you, what are some of the local spots you’d want to take them around to?
Sports were a centerpiece of our household growing up. My parents both grew up in Houston too, and my dad and grandfather were actually at the second exhibition game ever played in the Astrodome in 1965 (sorry for aging you Dad).

We’d go see Bagwell & Biggio play in the Dome on Sunday afternoons all the time as a kid. And now I love catching a game at Minute Maid and bouncing around downtown anytime I can.

Here a few places I’ve visited over the course of the last year making these videos that I really enjoyed too:

Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern – This is a former drinking water reservoir built in 1926 for the City of Houston. And it is now open to the public as sort of a visual and auditory installation. It’s hard to explain, but it’s very cool.

Brazos Bend State Park – If you want to go walk around and see a bunch of alligators in the wild, this is the spot. Just give them a wide berth if you see one sunning on the trail.

The Orange Show & Smither Park – The Orange Show is a historic art installation built by one man over a couple decades beginning in 1956. And next to that is Smither Park, a beautiful outdoor mosaic art park that hundreds of artists contributed to.

Who else deserves some credit and recognition?
There have been so many challenges and setbacks and different ideas and projects that I’ve worked on over the years. It has been a long grind to get to this point where I feel very content and happy with where I am professionally.

My parents, my sister, and my brother-in-law have been there every step of the way. My sister and I have had a deep belief in ourselves since childhood, and it takes a deep belief in yourself to fight through those entrepreneurial setbacks. And that belief is thanks to our parents and the way they raised us.

Without those four on my side, I wouldn’t have gotten to this point. And I think I have the coolest job in Texas, so I’m incredibly grateful for them.

Instagram: @JSorsby

Image Credits
Texas Hill Country Provisions