Travel & Outdoors
June 21, 2022
Three Great Boomerang Paddle Trips on Texas Streams
How to get the adventure and scenery without having to spend days in your kayak or canoe.
Rivers
Travel & Outdoors
February 1, 2022
What Lies Beneath the San Antonio River? A Whole Lot of Weird Stuff
Cleaning crews dredged up creepy dolls, armored catfish, rental scooters, and a staggering quantity of chairs.
Travel & Outdoors
November 3, 2021
Eight Great Spots to Canoe or Kayak in Texas This Fall and Winter
Who says we don't have seasons? Fall foliage is a highlight along these paddling routes.
Parks & Recs
August 20, 2020
Where to Go Swimming Now in Texas
A handy guide to which of our beaches, lakes, rivers, creeks, swimming holes, and swimming pools are and aren’t open.
Travel & Outdoors
June 16, 2016
How To Beat the Texas Heat
Where to go to cool off this summer.
November 7, 2011
Dust Bowl Texas: The Latest Drought News
Summer's over, but the drought may never be, and it's affecting everything from tourism to pecan pie to horse welfare.
The Culture
April 30, 2010
Saving the Llano
What's missing from all the bureaucratic back and forth over permits and mining and dredging is a sense of the importance of the river itself.
Travel & Outdoors
May 31, 2005
Hello to a River
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.
Hunting & Fishing
June 1, 1985
The Last Tarpon
My quest for this magnificent silver fish drew me to a lonely stretch of the Texas coast night and day, summer and fall, over and over again.
Travel & Outdoors
May 31, 1982
Big River
A photographic tour of the timeless Rio Grande, from its origins in the mountains of Colorado to the Padre Island dunes at the tip of Texas.
Travel & Outdoors
August 1, 1981
The Perfect River
From giant freshwater prawns to bikini-clad coeds, from ancient Indian artifacts to swimming pigs, there’s something for everyone on the San Marcos River.