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Arctic Cowboys pull plug on Northwest Passage expedition
Smashing waves, gale-force winds and logistical complications have cut short the Arctic Cowboys attempt to kayak the entire Northwest Passage in a single season. The team made it 260 miles in 17 days before making the call to stop in Arctic Bay, where they had gone to...

I found the best glazed donut in Texas just down the road in Blanco
I couldn’t decide between an old-fashioned cake donut or a fluffy yeast-raised one when I wandered into a donut shop in Blanco this morning, so I got both – plus a kolache. The verdict? I’m officially going on record as saying the glazed donut from Main St. Donuts...

Whales, icebergs and fog: Austin’s Robert Youens is driving a jon boat through the Northwest Passage
A few days ago, a whale as big as a Suburban rose out of the water next to Robert Youens, gazing at him with a softball-sized eye for a moment before sliding out of sight. The whale, probably a bowhead, didn’t flip Youens’ 16-foot aluminum boat, and after the...

Rebekah Feaster leaves Arctic Cowboys expedition, citing nausea
The youngest member of the Arctic Cowboys, a team of three Texas paddlers trying to become the first to kayak through the Northwest Passage in a single season, bowed out of the expedition today. Rebekah Feaster, 31, who signed on to the adventure in late March, left...