Chisholm Trail Rides Offers an Idyllic Small Town Horseback Riding Experience
July 28, 2022 | By Kameron Dunn
Scenic Routes
Capturing the Tenacity and Persistence of the Mesquite
June 30, 2022 | By ire’ne lara silva
How to Find Wildflowers Year-Round Across the State
February 24, 2022 | By Joe Nick Patoski
Wildflower season isn’t just a spring thing
Expert Tips for Camping With Your Family, Backpack, or RV in Texas
February 25, 2021 | By
The first time I seriously considered buying an RV was in the aftermath of a family tent camping trip to Kerrville-Schreiner Park …
A Guide To the Historic Bridges of Texas
January 28, 2021 | By Dale Weisman
From Austin’s Congress Avenue Bridge to the Pecos High Bridge, Texas has bridges that span different landscapes and marvels of engineering.
Historical Treasures Await on This Rarely Traveled Stretch of Big Bend’s River Road
September 30, 2019 | By E. Dan Klepper
Drive west along Farm-to-Market Road 170 from the border town of Presidio, leaving all convenience stores and gas stations behind, and you’ll travel two slim lanes of humped, serpentine blacktop, its edges collapsing like desert crust. The road’s convolutions mirror the Rio Grande to the left but after just a few miles, the river’s water diminishes, occasionally disappearing altogether. In its place, dense mesquite thickets and catclaw thrive along its dry bed, a thorny border wall of its own making.
How to Make the Most of Texas Peach Season
May 15, 2019 | By
As summer begins, so will annual pilgrimages to roadside stands and farmers markets where popular varieties of Texas’ succulent freestone peaches arrive in successive waves through Labor Day. Those peaches set a national standard for sweet-ness, and—here’s the really good news—they are mostly reserved for Texans.
Photographer Captures the Evening Light of Texas’ Blackland Prairie
March 27, 2019 | By Gary Borders
On most evenings, as the sun sinks below the horizon in the Blackland Prairie, photographer Andy Sharp is in his aged Honda chasing the light somewhere on a country road or in a small town. Sharp has rambled about for 10 years, since he and his wife moved to Taylor in Williamson County.
At the Confluence of the North & South Llano Rivers, Junction Is More Than a Fly Fisher’s Paradise
October 4, 2018 | By Jane Kellogg Murray
I was lured to Kimble County by my fly fisher husband—his heart set on hooking the fabled Guadalupe bass and learning a trick or two at the annual Oktoberfisch fly-fishing festival. For three days every October, the Fredericksburg Fly Fishers invite first-timers and avid anglers to their event along the Llano River in Junction. The town—known as The Land of Living Waters, a nod to the county’s abundance of flowing waterways—sits where the North and South Llano rivers meet, so it’s a prime locale for such a fest.
Has Brenham Become the Hamptons of Texas?
August 27, 2018 | By Michael Corcoran
There aren’t enough synonyms for “quaint” in describing Brenham, that rare landlocked town that feels like it should have a lighthouse. Arranged around an Art Deco courthouse which, built in 1939, is one of the newer buildings downtown, Brenham keeps history in its place.
Find History and Romance on the Bridges of McLennan County
August 27, 2018 | By E. Dan Klepper
Despite its title, this story is not a parody of a famous novel with a similar name. It is about a love affair, however, one that endures between the people of Waco and their bridges. And this love story begins with a tortilla.
A Scenic Detour off Interstate 10 Reveals Spectacular Views of the Pecos River Valley
August 26, 2018 | By
The best road trips allow time for detours off the beaten path. Though it can be tempting to choose the most expedient route, it’s often the “long-cuts” that make a trip memorable. One of our family’s perennial favorites is the Sheffield Loop, a 20-mile scenic drive on State Highway 290, just off Interstate 10 west of Ozona.
With Food, Drink, and History, Nacogdoches Offers More Than Beautiful Spring Azaleas
February 20, 2018 | By Helen Anders
In early spring, Nacogdoches wears its azaleas like a princess wears her jewels: always and everywhere. It’s hard to find a corner of this small East Texas city not bedecked in plump, round blossoms of purple, pink, red, yellow, orange, and white.
But when we talk about Nacogdoches being in full bloom right now, we’re not just talking about flowers. With restaurants, shops, and attractions springing forth, new seeds of cultural vitality are sprouting in the town’s flourishing beds of history.
