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10 Summer Adventures for the Whole Family

10 Summer Adventures for the Whole Family

Now that the school calendar is winding down, it’s time to embrace a fresh agenda for the summer. For families, ... Read More »

A Texan Learns to Surf at 72

A Texan Learns to Surf at 72

Surfing has been a lifelong obsession for me. Back when the Beach Boys ruled the airwaves and the California ... Read More »

Mist Connections at Caddo Lake State Park

Mist Connections at Caddo Lake State Park

With its Spanish moss-draped cypress trees and wide array of wildlife, Caddo Lake State Park has a mystical ... Read More »

Dig for Seashell Treasures on Padre Island

Dig for Seashell Treasures on Padre Island

Somewhere in Texas the moon is shining, but not tonight, not in South Padre. A pitch-black night has engulfed the ... Read More »

Everything You Need to Know Before Floating a Texas River

Everything You Need to Know Before Floating a Texas River

How To Texas is a recurring column offering step-by-step instructions on how to be Texan. We’ll guide you ... Read More »

The Daytripper Braves the Devils River

The Daytripper Braves the Devils River

The Devils River got its name from early settlers, who said the 93-mile waterway—and the treacherous terrain ... Read More »

Texas’ Only Ice Cream Boat Has Embarked on Lake Conroe

Texas’ Only Ice Cream Boat Has Embarked on Lake Conroe

It was a typical blistering hot summer day last year at Lake Conroe Park when the idea came to Ryan and Brittney ... Read More »

A First-Time Surfer Catches a Wave in Galveston

A First-Time Surfer Catches a Wave in Galveston

Open Road  | May 2024 Duuuuude A middle-aged woman carves out a manly wave in Galveston by Sarah HepolaI stare ... Read More »

From Bad Mutha to Fly-Fishing Expert

From Bad Mutha to Fly-Fishing Expert

As the audience at a sold-out show at Club Clearview in Dallas circa 1990 was demanding another encore from ... Read More »

Who Needs Venice When There Are Gondolas in Irving?

Who Needs Venice When There Are Gondolas in Irving?

Gliding across Lake Carolyn in Irving, I sip a flute of sparkling cider while watching suburbia unfold around ... Read More »

Catch a Wave in Port Aransas

Catch a Wave in Port Aransas

Horace Caldwell Pier in Port Aransas is one of many vacation destinations along the 367 miles of our state’s ... Read More »

Brave the Cold(ish) Waters at a New Year’s Day Polar Bear Plunge

Brave the Cold(ish) Waters at a New Year’s Day Polar Bear Plunge

Sometime after 10 a.m. on New Year’s Day, Mayor Greg Bisso of Surfside Beach is going to be cold and wet—on ... Read More »

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