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Charlie Llewellin

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Springs Eternal

Grab your towel, your sunscreen, and go! Presenting our 25 favorite swimming holes: Barton Springs, Blue Hole, Balmorhea, and other iconic places to lower your core temperature. At least for a couple of hours. (August 2008)

Take a Hike

Travel by foot along these thirty carefully chosen routes—from the South Rim in Big Bend to Lost Maples near Vanderpool—and you’ll take in the sights, sounds, and smells of Texas in ways you never thought possible. Lace up your boots and go. (October 2006)

Water, Water Everywhere

From kayaking on Town Lake to mountain biking around Joe Pool Lake, from bass fishing on Lake Fork to horseback riding on the shores of Lake Whitney, here are some of our favorite things to do in, on, and around Texas lakes. (June 2006)

Tour de Texas

These ten bike routes, some easy and some hard, will help you channel your inner Lance. (October 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. (June 2005)

Piney Woods

North from Lufkin to Nacogdoches, east to San Augustine, southwest to Zavalla, west to Diboll, and north to Lufkin. (April 2005)

This Land is Your Land

With more than 600,000 acres of state parks, historic sites, and natural areas, Texas can be a perfect playground for every type of outdoor adventurer—if you know where to go. We do. (March 2004)

Fredericksburg to Amarillo on U.S. 87

Black-chinned hummingbirds, rusting tractors, chuckwagon breakfasts— and a restored brothel. (May 2002)

On the Water Front

Summer’s blast furnace is firing up. Luckily, Texas is a paradise of spring-fed pools, sparkling beaches, and more. Here are our picks for the best places to chill out, get wet, and go off the deep end. Plus extra web-only information! (June 2001)

Columns | Miscellany

Arrested Development

The flat-as-a-mouse-pad landscape bordering the Laguna Madre contains one of the greatest wildlife-viewing regions in North America—and that's not all. (February 2004)

One Hump or Two?

Riding a camel across the West Texas sand dunes, I got in touch with my inner O'Toole— and left the modern world far behind. (November 2003)

Ride On

To the long list of reasons to visit Fort Worth these days, add this: outstanding bike trails. (April 2003)

Cast Away

There are rivers in Texas—some of the most beautiful places on earth—where the fly-fishing is great and you don't have to battle the crowds. Now, tell me again why I should vacation in Montana? (January 2003)

Coasting

A kayaking trip offers close encounters with the ecosystem of the wetlands near Port Aransas, where still waters run shallow. (October 2002)

Bandera

(May 2004)

Reporter

Richard and Gina Donovan

A tip of the hat to risk-taking, barrier-breaking, establishment-tweaking Texans. (September 2006)

Web extras

Urban Hikes

Yes, there are ways to get in a fantastic hike without leaving the city limits. (October 2006)

Paradise

Musician Ian McLagan survived the British rock explosion of the sixties. Now he lives in Austin, a place he loves to call home. (August 2004)

A Q&A With Candy Clark

Actress Candy Clark, who played Debbie Dunham in the movie American Graffiti, will be in Dallas February 14-16 for the Autorama show at Dallas Market Center. (February 2003)

Down Under

You don't have to travel far to see treasures in the sea. They're right here. (June 2001)