June 2020 cover image
  • Log in
  • Subscribe
  • Subscriber Since
  • Link Subscription
  • Log out

Sections

  • News & Politics
  • The Culture
  • Travel & Outdoors
  • Food & Drink
  • BBQ
  • Style & Design
  • Being Texan

Magazine

  • May Issue
  • All Issues
  • Subscribe
  • Give a Gift
  • Manage Subscription
  • Subscription FAQ
  • TMBBQ Club

Featured

  • Boomtown Podcast
  • Longform
  • Podcasts
  • Video
  • Top 50 BBQ Joints
  • Dining Guide

More

  • Newsletters
  • Events
  • General Store
  • Promotions
  • Contact Us
Texas Monthly
  • News & Politics
  • The Culture
  • Being Texan
  • Style & Design
  • Food & Drink
  • BBQ
  • Travel & Outdoors
  • Magazine
  • Podcasts
  • Newsletters
  • Log in
  • My Account
    • Subscriber since
    • Link Subscription
    • Log out
  • Subscribe
Texas Monthly
  • News & Politics
  • The Culture
  • Being Texan
  • Style & Design
  • Food & Drink
  • BBQ
  • Travel & Outdoors
  • Magazine
  • Podcasts
  • Subscribe
Travel & Outdoors

Making Waves

By
Joe Nick Patoski
Issue
January 1989
Share
  • Share on Facebook
  • Share on Twitter
  • Email a link to this page
  • https://www.texasmonthly.com/travel/making-waves/
Notes
January 1989 magazine cover
From the January 1989 Issue Subscribe

You'll Love Our Emails

The stories you want, delivered to your inbox.

If you fill out the first name, last name, or agree to terms fields, you will NOT be added to the newsletter list. Leave them blank to get signed up.
Newsletter illustration

Trending

  1. More Colorful Texas Sayings Than You Can Shake a Stick At
  2. Six Brothers
  3. How the Pandemic Turned Brené Brown Into America’s Therapist
  4. The West Texas Basketball Tournament at the Center of a Coronavirus Outbreak
  5. “If People Want to Take a Chance, It’s Their Prerogative”: Inside One Bar on the First Day of Reopening

Latest in Travel & Outdoors

  1. Meet the Ocelot Whisperer
  2. New to Backyard Chicken-Keeping? Here’s Some Eggspert Advice
  3. I Visited a State Park This Week. Here’s What I Found.
  4. Adventure Across Texas With Zoom Backgrounds From Texas Monthly Readers
  5. Where to Get Outside While Social Distancing
Share
  • Share on Facebook
  • Share on Twitter
  • Email a link to this page
Tags: Travel

Comments

Recommended Reads
Adventure Across Texas With Zoom Backgrounds From Texas Monthly Readers

By Texas Monthly
Where to Get Outside While Social Distancing

By Pam LeBlanc

lower pecos river
The Great Texas Fishing Safari

By Wes Ferguson
Meet the Ocelot Whisperer

By Pam LeBlanc

Top Headlines

  1. More Colorful Texas Sayings Than You Can Shake a Stick At
  2. How the Pandemic Turned Brené Brown Into America’s Therapist
  3. Six Brothers
  4. For Years, an East Texas Carpenter Has Been Building a Gothic Contraption of Decks and Spikes in a Historic Square
  5. The Dr. Fauci of South Texas
  6. The Secret History of the Texas Rangers
  7. The FBI Agent Who Can’t Stop Thinking About Waco
  8. The West Texas Basketball Tournament at the Center of a Coronavirus Outbreak
  9. “If People Want to Take a Chance, It’s Their Prerogative”: Inside One Bar on the First Day of Reopening
  10. A Taste Test of Unusual Texas Barbecue Sauces

Editor's Picks

Coronavirus in Texas

She Placed Her Elderly Mother in a Nursing Home. Days Later, COVID-19 Arrived.

By Peter Holley

Karan Janes was trying to keep her mom safe when she placed her inside a Brenham elder care facility, but then it was struck by a major coronavirus outbreak.

brenham-nursing-home-and-rehabilation-center

Food & Drink

Taco of the Week: Birria de Borrego at Birrieria Aguiñaga’s Tacos y Cerveza Drive-Thru

By José R. Ralat

A Grand Prairie beer barn makes sweet and gamey lamb tacos to go.

Weekly-Taco-Birrieria-Aguinaga-grand-prairie

Recommended

01
Adventure Across Texas With Zoom Backgrounds From Texas Monthly Readers

By Texas Monthly

02
Where to Get Outside While Social Distancing

By Pam LeBlanc

03
lower pecos river
The Great Texas Fishing Safari

By Wes Ferguson

04
Meet the Ocelot Whisperer

By Pam LeBlanc

05
backyard chickens hens roosting
New to Backyard Chicken-Keeping? Here’s Some Eggspert Advice

By Rose Cahalan

06
dinosaur valley state park
I Visited a State Park This Week. Here’s What I Found.

By Scott Bedgood

07
fishing lures
Fishing Lures We Love

By Emily McCullar and Pete Robbins

08
fishing redfish wars
How a Battle Between Recreational and Commercial Fishermen Spawned a Conservation Movement

By Wes Ferguson

09
guadalupe river fishing
Fishin’ Across Texas

By Texas Monthly

10
kayak fishing gear
Kayak Fishing 101: What You’ll Need

By Wes Ferguson

11
eagle lake
How Fishing in Texas Got So Good—and Kind of Weird

By Wes Ferguson

12
Keith Combs Profile
Keith Combs Is the Best Bass Fisherman in Texas Waters—But He Has His Eyes Set on More

By Pete Robbins

Latest

May 28, 2020
Aaron Franklin Will Be the Next Texan to Join the Barbecue Hall of Fame

By Daniel Vaughn

May 28, 2020
Recipe: Smoked Mac and Cheese

By Daniel Vaughn

May 28, 2020
The West Texas Basketball Tournament at the Center of a Coronavirus Outbreak

By Leif Reigstad

May 28, 2020
Recipe: All-Purpose Instant Pot Chicken With Tomato and Chiles

By Paula Forbes

May 28, 2020
Taco News Roundup: Embroidered Face Masks and Taco Cabana’s Free Lunch for Kids

By José R. Ralat

May 28, 2020
Texas Is Screwed More by the Electoral College Than Any Other State, Despite Our Size

By Dan Solomon

May 27, 2020
In Texas’s Food Deserts, Food Banks Struggle to Do More With Less

By Rose Cahalan

May 27, 2020
Priya Krishna’s Quarantine Journal, Entry No. 13: A Surprise From Mom

By Priya Krishna

May 26, 2020
Taco of the Week: Weenies and Eggs at Los Muertos BBQ

By José R. Ralat

May 25, 2020
“If People Want to Take a Chance, It’s Their Prerogative”: Inside One Bar on the First Day of Reopening

By Brittney Martin

May 23, 2020
Dallas-Area High School Seniors Cope With a Semester—and Rites of Passage—Cut Short

By Laura Lee Huttenbach and Mary Beth Koeth

May 22, 2020
How Houston’s Museum of Fine Arts Planned Its Reopening

By Michael Agresta

Get the Magazine

We report on vital issues from politics to education and are the indispensable authority on the Texas scene, covering everything from music to cultural events with insightful recommendations.

  • Subscribe
  • Manage Subscription
  • Renew
  • Give a Gift
  • Newsletters

Get Our Newsletter

A daily digest of Texas news, the latest from Texas Monthly, plus a monthly message from our editors.

If you fill out the first name, last name, or agree to terms fields, you will NOT be added to the newsletter list. Leave them blank to get signed up.

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • YouTube
  • RSS

Copyright © 2020. All Rights Reserved.

More About Us

  • About Us
  • FAQ
  • Masthead
  • Contact Us
  • Jobs and Internships
  • Story Submissions
  • Media Kit
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use

Don't have an account? Subscribe or link your existing subscription.

I forgot my password.

Sorry, we’re unable to find an account with that username and password. Try again or reset your password. If you are an existing subscriber, please register for an online account. Otherwise, please contact support at [email protected]nthly.com

Reset Password

Enter your email below to send a password reset email.