Grab your towel, your sunscreen, and go! Presenting our 25 favorite swimming holes: Barton Springs, Blue Hole, Balmorhea, and other iconic places to lower your core temperature. At least for a couple of hours. [Texas Monthly, August 2008]
Presenting the top ten trails across the state— plus twenty more great routes— covering everything from the Chisos Mountains to the Big Thicket. So grab your backpack, your boots, and your sense of adventure and… [Texas Monthly, October 2006]
A father and daughter save the upper Neches. [Texas Monthly, August 2006]
From kayaking on Town Lake to mountain biking around Joe Pool Lake, from bass fishing on Lake Fork to horseback riding on the shores of Lake Whitney, here are some of our favorite things to do in, on, and around Texas lakes. [Texas Monthly, June 2006]
Bluebonnets? Check. Enchanted Rock? Yup. Barton Springs? Duh. You probably guessed those. But what about buckle bunnies? Or goat barbecue? Or Thong Island? From Texas trademarks to personal favorites to the just plain weird, you’ll find everything here. And we do mean everything. [Texas Monthly, April 2006]
These ten bike routes, some easy and some hard, will help you channel your inner Lance. [Texas Monthly, October 2005]
Fourteen of them, actually. From kayaking the Colorado and rock climbing along the Pecos to tubing the Pedernales and birding on the Rio Grande, here are the most enjoyable and exciting things to do on some of our favorite Texas waterways. [Texas Monthly, June 2005]
North from Lufkin to Nacogdoches, east to San Augustine, southwest to Zavalla, west to Diboll, and north to Lufkin. [Texas Monthly, April 2005]
A story about Austin's yoga studios for the Om pages in Yoga Journal. [Yoga Journal, January/February 2005]
Musician Ian McLagan survived the British rock explosion of the sixties. Now he lives in Austin, a place he loves to call home. [Texas Monthly, August 2004]
With more than 600,000 acres of state parks, historic sites, and natural areas, Texas can be a perfect playground for every type of outdoor adventurer—if you know where to go. We do. [Texas Monthly, March 2004]
The flat-as-a-mouse-pad landscape bordering the Laguna Madre contains one of the greatest wildlife-viewing regions in North America—and that's not all. [Texas Monthly, February 2004 Great Outdoors]
Riding a camel across the West Texas sand dunes, I got in touch with my inner O'Toole— and left the modern world far behind. [Texas Monthly, November 2003 Great Outdoors]
To the long list of reasons to visit Fort Worth these days, add this: outstanding bike trails. [Texas Monthly, April 2003 Great Outdoors]
Actress Candy Clark, who played Debbie Dunham in the movie American Graffiti, will be in Dallas February 14-16 for the Autorama show at Dallas Market Center. [Texas Monthly, February 2003]
There are rivers in Texas—some of the most beautiful places on earth—where the fly-fishing is great and you don't have to battle the crowds. Now, tell me again why I should vacation in Montana? [Texas Monthly, January 2003 Great Outdoors]
A kayaking trip offers close encounters with the ecosystem of the wetlands near Port Aransas, where still waters run shallow. [Texas Monthly, October 2002 Great Outdoors]
Black-chinned hummingbirds, rusting tractors, chuckwagon breakfasts— and a restored brothel. [Texas Monthly, May 2002]
Summer's blast furnace is firing up. Luckily, Texas is a paradise of spring-fed pools, sparkling beaches, and more. [Texas Monthly, June 2001]
You don't have to travel far to see treasures in the sea. They're right here. [Texas Monthly, June 2001]