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Barton Springs resumes regular Monday hours – but more lifeguards still needed
Deep Eddy and Barton Springs pools are expanding their hours, but many Austin pools will remain closed until the city can hire and train more lifeguards. Barton Springs Pool will resume normal Monday operations beginning Monday, May 30. The shallow side of Deep Eddy...

The Kammok field blanket – a quilt, ground cover, poncho and sleeping bag all in one?
I thought Kammok just made hammocks, but it recently added something called a field blanket to its product lineup. The company sent one over for me to check out. I’d rather lay in a pool of cool water than cover myself with a blanket right now, but I did take the...

The Texas Water Safari is a month away, and I’m officially freaking out
Time for a Texas Water Safari reality check. We’re a month out, and honestly, I’m freaking out. After racing the 35-mile Texas River Marathon on Saturday (finished middle of the pack), teammate Debbie Richardson and I explored the cuts and sloughs around Alligator...

Watch bats emerge from Bracken Cave tonight
If you can’t get to Bracken Cave near San Antonio to watch the emergence of millions of bats in person, you can do the next best thing - watch them swirl out of the ground by a live streaming event. Bat Conservation International and Texas Parks and Wildlife...