The Alpha Centaurids meteor shower is currently active (roughly late January through about Feb 20), but it's a weak shower typically only a few meteors per hour and it's best seen from much southern latitudes (Southern Hemisphere), with only occasional glimpses toward very low southern horizons from Texas.
Favorite trip as a kid was spent laying on the roof of a houseboat on Lake Shasta at night and watching shooting stars. Good times.
Same trip I watched some crazy dude ram his pickle fork directly into the side of a rocky cliff. Somehow miraculously didn't sink it, but bloodied him and his passenger up pretty good.