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My top trips of 2025
Every December, I shake the dirty laundry out of my suitcase, crumple up the last plane ticket, and reflect on the places I visited over the previous 12 months. This year, I hiked hut-to-hut in France and Italy, sailed on a yacht around the British Virgin Islands, and...
Is this the best drive-up campsite in Central Texas?
I’ think I've discovered the best drive-up campsites in Central Texas, and it’s set on a peninsula of land that stretches into Lake Buchanan at Cedar Point Recreation Area. Now I can’t wait to go back with my kayak and paddle from the park to the Fall Creek waterfall,...
Entry to all Texas State Parks is free on Nov. 2
Heads up, park lovers. Admission is free to all Texas State Parks on Nov. 2, otherwise known as Texas State Parks Day. You’ve got 89 to choose from, including Inks Lake State Park, which just opened its new headquarters building; Pedernales Falls State Park, where...
Mission Tejas State Park plans reopening celebration Nov. 8
Mission Tejas State Park in East Texas will celebrate the completion of a three-year renovation project with a grand reopening celebration on Nov. 8. The 659-acre park, which bristles with tall pines, was built by the Civilian Conservation Corp in the 1930s to...