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Street Smart in Alpine
In this high-desert hub just north of Big Bend National Park, you’ll find Western artwork (Caroline Korbell Carrington’s tinted photographs of cacti and religious iconography and Chase Almond’s plein air oil paintings of the Chisos Mountains), Mexican handicrafts (whimsical animal figurines carved in Oaxaca and milky-blue Talavera dinnerware painted in Guanajuato) and the unexpected snow cone. By Jordan Breal
Take Me To the River
Perhaps the race’s reputation as the second-toughest in the state—after the Texas Water Safari—kept non-locals away, though there were plenty of regular-looking folks with recreational boats alongside the pro racers in their stripped-down crafts. The course is the 22 miles of the Neches in Anderson County between Lake Palestine and U.S. 79, where the muddy channel winds through thick forest. By Charlie Llewellin
Coasting
In Port Aransas, idleness is next to godliness for those on vacation. Photographs by Kenny Braun
On the Road—In Tents
Several months ago, my thirteen-year-old daughter asked me if I would take her camping. I stared at her for a moment, waiting for a punch line, but it never came. “Seriously?” I finally said.
Perfect Timing
A slide show of images from great last-minute vacation spots, including Marfa, Port Aransas, and the Hill Country.
On the Road—Westbound and Down
If beer goggles are the standard justification for regrettable decisions made when the bars close, perhaps the culprit that late Tuesday night in August 1993 could be called beer GPS. Our “current location” was the Deep Eddy Cabaret, a bait shop turned friendly tavern in Austin.
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Buzzing Now
Fish Story
Eventually, even time spent out on the lake with a cane pole in your hand—the most timeless time of all—runs out.
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Covering High Society
About a Boy
The life and death of Johnny Romano, the youngest professional skateboarder ever.
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Cop Drama
Cutbacks in state psychiatric services have put more and more mentally ill Texans on the streets and forced police officers into a complicated new role—with sometimes deadly consequences.
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The Super
Can a hard-charging veteran superintendent with a knack for making enemies and alienating friends really improve the state’s largest school district? And if he can’t, who can?
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