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My in-laws live in Baton Rouge, and whenever my husband and I head over for a visit, we try to swing down to New Orleans to get our fix of raw oysters, live music, and wrought iron balconies. From Austin, it takes about 8 hours to drive to New Orleans. We were tired...

Heads up, campers. The old side of Garner State Park – including the pavilion, the Pecan Grove and Oakmont camping loops and cabins, park store, day-use picnic area and main swimming area near the dam – will close starting Dec. 1 for road construction and facility...

Heads up, trail users. A section of the Ann and Roy Butler Trail along Barton Creek across from Lou Neff Point will be closed starting Nov. 26, as crews work to stabilize a 230-foot slope that partially collapsed in May 2018. During the closure trail traffic will...

The German-themed holiday celebration in the Hill Country town of Fredericksburg will kick off on Thanksgiving week. Starting Nov. 26, visitors can enjoy holiday music and carols during the city's Christmas Nights of Lights. The nightly ceremony kicks off at 5 p.m....

Forget stadium box seats. The ultimate company perk for people like me who dream of bounding down snow-covered slopes is a Colorado Ski Country USA Gold Pass membership. Read more: Find powder and snowy adventures at Purgatory Ski Resort The membership will set you -...

My sister and I busted my mom out of her assisted living facility and took her on a bit of a wild rumpus this week – an outing to see the new exhibit about illustrator Maurice Sendak at the Denver Art Museum. You probably know Sendak’s most famous work, the leering,...

I never really cared much about chocolate. But Geneva is known for its master chocolatiers – more than 30 of them, and that’s not counting your run-of-the-mill shop that sells what other companies make – so I decided to indulge. For about $45 US, visitors can purchase...

I returned from the Fall Cowgirl Roundup at The Resort at Paws Up in Montana with cow poop on my boots and a little swagger in my stride. That’s what comes from four days spent horseback riding, fly fishing, whip cracking and more. The event is held each spring and...

Remember that episode of “The Brady Bunch,” when our favorite blended family stumbled into a perfectly preserved ghost town and met a crotchety prospector wearing a crumpled felt hat? I felt kind of like that this week, when I detoured to the skeletal remains of the...

I first camped at Inks Lake State Park in the 1970s, when my dad pitched a giant blue canvas tent and set up bunkbed cots inside for me and my sisters. That tent disintegrated long ago, but my fondness for the park, located an hour and 15 minutes northwest of Austin,...