Your Guide To Marble Falls, Burnet, Kingsland, Llano, Spicewood, Horseshoe Bay, and ALL of the Highland Lakes.
JOHNSON CITY — Alan Dean laughed when asked what the secret ingredient is in his and wife Susan’s world-famous chili. “We’ve appeared on television in Maryland, Texas and California,” he said. “We used to go into this long drawn-out answer. Read more…
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MARBLE FALLS — When Barry Burton, John Kemper and Gary Ott pitched the idea of bringing drag-boat races to Marble Falls more than two decades ago, Donna Klaeger had a problem with the concept. “I had to ask what a Read more…
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BURNET — With the Burnet High School marching band providing some background music, senior Madelinne Deitrich popped open the top of a can of paint, settled down on the pavement and went to work on her parking spot. "It really Read more…
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Immediately after posting the photo to social media, I received not just comments but text messages from people asking where this beautiful site was. It couldn’t be in the Highland Lakes. But where did I go? The tropics? The Caribbean? Read more…
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As Dillard Cooper raced across an open field for the cover of nearby woods, helping along a wounded friend, he probably wished he had never left the red clay of Alabama or the piney woods of South Carolina for what is Read more…
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Lake LBJ combines beautiful scenery with plenty of room for recreation. It’s a favorite for boaters, so while you’re enjoying a day on the lake, try your hand at skiing, tubing, wakeboarding, wakesurfing or just swimming and sunbathing. Need help Read more…
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BURNET — Ronald Burton enjoys a view of rodeos that few spectators will ever see. Well, maybe “enjoy” isn’t the right word unless you love putting yourself between a fallen bull rider and an angry 2,000-pound beast fully bent on Read more…
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The setting is Krause Springs, a beautiful natural swimming hole located in Spicewood. Picture sitting in the shade of ages-old oak and cypress trees creating a canopy overhead. You look straight out to a waterfall trickling down into a deep Read more…
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Take an adventure to see a dazzle of zebras and other exotic creatures such as kangaroos, camels and more on a Hill Country safari at the Exotic Resort Zoo in Johnson City. On the day I visited, I was tossed Read more…
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KINGSLAND — We spent most of the day traveling to places literally high and low in Kingsland, and my story lacked any sort of focus. I asked my new friend on the way back to The Picayune office what you — Read more…
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