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Barton Spring’s Polar Bear Plunge cancelled
Heads up, cold water swimmers. The pandemic has frozen plans for the 2021 Polar Bear Plunge at Barton Springs Pool. City officials have cancelled the event “after careful consideration of the local characteristics of the virus and related community priorities.” Barton...
Spider Mountain, the only lift-served bike park in Texas, expands hours for holidays
It’s been nearly two years since the chairlift started turning at Spider Mountain near Burnet, where mountain bikers get a ride up the hill so they can focus on the fun part - going down. This week the park announced expanded holiday hours. My verdict? Get out there...
If you head to Big Bend, plan ahead, wear a mask and bring your own supplies
Take one look at my legs and you’ll have no trouble figuring out how I spent this past week.My shins? They look like someone swiped them with a Weed Eater. My nose? It collected a new sprinkling of freckles. My butt? It feels like I competed in my first rodeo.I had a...
I’m in (maybe) for the Texas Winter 100K paddling race
My paddling buddy and I logged another run on the San Marcos River this morning, and officially (yet unofficially) decided that yeah, we might do the upcoming Texas Winter 100K paddling race.I’ve done the race, a 62-mile dash down the Colorado River from Lady Bird...
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