Outdoors
Wings of Spring
Portraits of Migratory and Resident Birds in the Hill CountryBy E. Dan Klepper Birding enthusiasts recognize the Texas Hill Country…
Four for Fall: 2011
Many a Texan can wax eloquent about the benefits of our great outdoors. Turns out it isn’t just bragging: Scientific…
Going to Ground: The western Edwards Plateau from underground
You’ll find a trinity of odd and earthly things in the caverns beneath the Texas soil of the western Edwards…
Wild Texans
The deep-blue Texas sky sets off a soaring hawk’s cloud-white belly as it wheels above me. Watching the magnificent bird…
Four for Fall: 2010
I drove into Caprock Canyons State Park for the first time on a crisp fall day. The park straddles a…
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…