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In the French Alps, luxurious Eleven Chalet Hibou caters to adventure seekers
I’m sitting on a boulder at the edge of a glacier-fed stream that snakes through a valley in the French Alps. A ring of mountains surrounds me and everywhere I...
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Pros and cons of toothpaste tablets for travel
I travel frequently, and always look for ways to lighten the load. I wondered if toothpaste tablets might work for me. I recently tested a jar of ENML “luxury toothpaste tablets,” and while I like the idea of leaving a squishy tube of toothpaste at home, these...
Is this the best drive-up campsite in Central Texas?
I’ve discovered one of the best drive-up campsites in Central Texas, and it’s set on a peninsula of land that stretches into Lake Buchanan at Cedar Point Recreation Area. Now I can’t wait to go back with my kayak and paddle from the park to the Fall Creek waterfall,...
With lake levels up, now’s the time to visit LCRA Parks
If low lake levels and sizzling temperatures have kept you away from Central Texas campgrounds lately, we’ve got good news. Recent rains have boosted water levels in the Highland Lakes, returning campsites long separated from the shoreline to their former waterfront...
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Casey Chapman Ross
Casey Chapman Ross is a native and current Austinite, living here with her husband and three kids. Currently, she focuses on growing her travel writing and hospitality portfolio and involving her family in these assignments as often as possible.
Becca Hensley
For more than three decades, award-winning travel writer Becca Hensley has roved the world to find the meaning of life. Currently, she serves as Travel Editor for New Orleans Bride and Contributing Editor for Insiders Guide to Spas. A poet, mother, and gadabout, she is a luxury expert.
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Anne Keene is an Austin-based writer, swimmer, sometimes horseback rider, and author of The Cloudbuster Nine: The Untold Story of Ted Williams and the Baseball Team That Helped Win WWII. For other stories visit www.annerkeene.com.
Maximiliano Mauriz
Maximiliano Mauriz was born in Santiago, Chile, but came to Texas as fast as he could. He lives in Austin with his partner, their 3-year old Vizsla, Boston (aka Boss), and 1-year old foster pup, Philip. He enjoys time with family and friends, travel, running and swimming — and taking images of the people (and animals) he loves and the places he visits.
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Jeff Jenkins is an award-winning content creator and travel journalist who is the founder of Chubby Diaries. Jeff’s enthusiastic personality, charisma and contagious big smile makes him one of a kind! Learn more about him at https://www.chubbydiaries.com/.
Addie Broyles
Addie Broyles is a writer, podcaster and tarot card reader in Austin, where she’s raising her two sons and building community around food, family, travel and intersectional feminism. Read more of her work at https://thefeministkitchen.substack.com/.
Melanie Moore
Melanie P. Moore is a writer living in Austin, Texas. Her work has appeared in The Georgia Review, Atlanta Magazine, Creative Loafing, and Austin Fit Magazine. She was previously the founder and executive director of the nonprofit Badgerdog Literary Publishing.
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