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I've spent the past few weeks trying to get comfortable using a single-blade paddle, which is what I'll be using most of the time during the Texas Water Safari in June. But because the race is so long - 260 miles from San Marcos to Seadrift on the Texas coast - my...

I've ridden my bike all over this city, and every time I put wheels to the pavement, I discover new street art. That's part of why I like to travel by bike - I see the little changes, the stuff you miss if you're whizzing past in a vehicle. Biking lets me slow down...

I hopped in a 38-foot canoe yesterday, filling seat number four in a five-person canoe on a ripping run from Martindale to Luling. I consider the nearly 30-mile trip my first really official training session for the 2019 Texas Water Safari, a 260-mile paddling race in...

Adios, 2018. I’ve got mixed feelings about you. You delivered some good stuff, but you jabbed me in the gut a few times, too. Last year I hit some big goals. I learned to surf. I improved my photography, I turned in a rough manuscript for a book.  I kept adventuring....