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Sand, stars and solitude: Five days on the Salmon River
I'm still shaking the sand out of my gear after last week's whitewater rafting trip on the Salmon River in Idaho. The trip - five days of rafting, swimming in cool, swirling waters, sleeping on a tarp under the stars, and hiking up hillsides to watch bighorn sheep as...

The Trail Foundation’s gala goes socially distant this year
The Trail Foundation’s biggest fund-raiser of the year is adopting an in-person, socially-distant look this year. The Twilight on the Trail gala will take place in three outdoor sessions Nov. 1, at the Four Seasons Hotel. Tables of various sizes will be arranged on...

My assignment: Taste test a dozen Utah craft beers
I’m been making good use of my pandemic-induced time at home by educating myself through online classes here at home. So far I’ve studied chocolate, whiskey and cheese. Most recently, I dug into beer. Besides learning that beer is best tasted in tulip-shaped glasses,...

Looking for funky side of Austin? Check out this new book
Sure, most of us already know about Barton Springs and Mount Bonnell and the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum. But did you know about the ladies’ room at Kitty Cohen’s? Or the in-home museum where you can ogle a lipstick-smudged cigarette said to be the last...