Outdoors
Whirring Dervishes: Hummingbirds
Texas is well known for its large concentrations of birds, butterflies, Mexican free-tailed bats, and more, and a lot of…
Dive In!: Balmorhea State Park
I first met the clear, bracing waters of Balmorhea’s swimming pool on a family vacation decades ago. Wading far into…
Dive In!
Under water, light behaves differently; colors sparkle, then fade. Sounds magnify and distort. Liquid cradles a body accustomed to mere…
Dive In!: Flower Gardens Banks National Marine Sanctuary
Roughly 110 miles from Freeport, I plunged six feet down from the M/V Fling, into the Gulf of Mexico to…
Dive In!: South Padre Island
On a diving trip this spring, I explored a ship’s observation wing and swam along its starboard navigation deck, stopping…
Dive In!: Lake Amistad National Recreation Area
Underwater cliffs and monster bass (up to 13 pounds) attract divers to this sizable reservoir straddling the U.S.-Mexico border near…
Voluntourism: Good times = Good Works
Volunteer While Seeing the SightsBy Melissa GaskillThe ferry bumped to a stop at the San José Island dock, and I…
Riding High at Dude Ranches
I’m back in the saddle again, riding a sure-footed horse along a rocky path that twists and bucks through cedar-strewn…
Postcards: A Wildlife Rendezvous
See related: Ship Shape and Independence Day in BeltonAt Fossil Rim Wildlife Center near Glen Rose, it's a wild, wild…
Some Like It Hot
While Texans usually make a beeline indoors (or to the nearest swimming hole) on sweltering summer days, some of our…
Weekender: Where the Birds Are
Black-chins, ruby-throats, painted buntings, and other wildlife delight guests at a B&B south of San Angelo At the Hummer House…
Postcards: The Caverns of Sonora
See related: All the Right NotesTexas’ spectacular show cave celebrates 50 years of tours Even though the fantastic geological formations…