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May.25.2021
The Texas heat is coming, and the best place to escape the blazing summers is cooling off at a Texas Hill Country lake with family. These Texas liquid assets offer a welcome respite. You’ll see some of the state’s best scenery, including cascading waterfalls, towering cliffs, pristine waterways, rolling hill country, incredible sunsets, plus the ultimate small-town charm.
Pro Tip: For access to rental boats on the lakes, check out GetMyBoat here.
1. Lake LBJ (Lyndon Baines Johnson)
I learned to water ski years ago on Lake LBJ. It was less crowded, and the water was glassy early in the morning, perfect for waterskiing. The lake is a reservoir on the Colorado River in the Texas Hill Country about 45 miles northwest of Austin, formed in 1950. Originally called Lake Granite Shoals, the name changed in 1965 to honor President Lyndon B Johnson. With 6,534 surface acres and a maximum of 90 feet in depth, Lake LBJ offers the best fishing, boating, and overal
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Smoke may be seen rising from Fort Hood today, as the post is conducting a controlled burn that is scheduled to begin after 11 a.m.
The burn will take place in Training Area 41, on the west side of the Installation between West Range, Elijah and Turkey Run Roads.
The US Fish and Wildlife Service from Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge, in conjunction with the DPW Natural and Cultural Resources Management Branch, will conduct the burn.
Forecast winds are out of the south and blowing north, a DPW supervisor said via email Tuesday.
DailyTrib.com Support Community Press You can show your support of a vibrant and healthy free press by becoming a voluntary subscriber. Subscribe Now Sherry Bixler of Burnet on the border of Thailand and Myanmar during one of her many birding trips around the world. Courtesy photo
Sherry Bixler once spent three days sleeping on a wooden platform in Panama eating nothing but plantains, all to peer at birds through her binoculars. Birding has taken Bixler to Africa (eight times!), Bali, New Guinea, Southeast Asia, and even Antarctica, but it was a long-billed curlew spotted on Padre Island in Texas that ignited her passion for birding.