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  I just returned from West Texas last night, and have been fielding lots of questions from readers who want to know how the government shutdown has affected park operations in Big Bend. Planning a trip west? Here are eight things to know before you go: Yes, Big...

I took a Christmas Day hike on the Barton Creek Greenbelt, starting at the trailhead at Loop 360 and hiking past Twin Falls to Sculpture Falls. What a resource we've got here in Austin - acres of green space, a creek that carves its way through limestone ledges,...

This week I broke into a box load of breakfast goods that arrived in my mailbox from Wildway, a Texas company that makes grain-free granola, hot cereal and smoothie mixes. I love granola. I'm a regular chipmunk when it comes to the stuff. I eat it for breakfast, stuff...

I headed back to Staples this afternoon, for another paddling lesson from paddling guru Holly Orr, owner of several records in the grueling Texas Water Safari race. I'm doing the 260-mile race next June, as part of a three-woman team alongside veteran paddlers Sheila...