Hiking + Biking

Ship Shape

Ship Shape

Corpus Christi’s Naval Station Ingleside will take on the appearance of an historic port of call as four tall ... Read More »

A Wildlife Rendezvous

A Wildlife Rendezvous

A giraffe lowers its head from the treetops, unfurling an 18-inch purple tongue and delicately plucking a pellet ... Read More »

Forest Gumption

Forest Gumption

When the 34th Texas legislature established the Texas Forest Service in 1915, there were few guidelines in place ... Read More »

All the Right Notes

All the Right Notes

Sighting the Texas Musician’s Museum, two blocks north of Hillsboro’s restored courthouse, gave me the metabolic ... Read More »

Where the Birds Are

Where the Birds Are

At the Hummer House B&B on the Brown Ranch, near  Christoval, if you snooze, you lose. The main event at ... Read More »

Beaching on the Cheap

Beaching on the Cheap

I confess. I am a dreamer. A grasshopper in an anthill world. Each month, as soon as I pay the bills, I take the ... Read More »

Cottages by the Sea

Cottages by the Sea

Our mental images of “a cottage by the sea” may vary, but the idea of a bungalow with gumbo simmering in the ... Read More »

The Caverns of Sonora

The Caverns of Sonora

Even though the fantastic geological formations inside the Caverns of Sonora are the primary attraction, ... Read More »

Goodbye to a River Turns 50

Goodbye to a River Turns 50

With a dachshund on his lap, tarp-covered supplies at his feet, and a wooden paddle in hand, writer John ... Read More »

Happiness Comes in Waves: South Padre Island

Happiness Comes in Waves: South Padre Island

Every time I walk on the beach—listening to the roar of the ocean, watching quarter-size ghost crabs skitter ... Read More »

What’s Brewing in Houston?

What’s Brewing in Houston?

When beer-lover and Rice University graduate Brock Wagner decided to leave his career in investment banking, he ... Read More »

Fine Dining, Elevated

Fine Dining, Elevated

The magnificent Five Sixty by Wolfgang Puck, at the top of Reunion Tower in downtown Dallas, has been my go-to ... Read More »

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