LIFE/TRAVEL

Travel:
Texas & Nearby

Advertising

02/14/2010

Texas & Neighbors

SMU lines up noncredit classes for travelers
SMU Continuing and Professional Education offers a variety of noncredit classes that can help travelers prepare for trips abroad. Most classes are held during the evening at Southern Methodist University's main campus in University Park.

Fast Break: Flowers everywhere at Wildseed Farms

02/07/2010

Texas & Neighbors: cowboy poets in Alpine; weather lessons in Houston

Fast Break: Samba madness in Austin

02/01/2010

Gretna, La., keeps a Valentine's Day wedding tradition of quickie weddings

01/31/2010

Mineola wine festival rides the rails

February Calendar: Happenings in Texas and neighboring states
Dates and sites may change. Before planning to attend an event, contact the chamber of commerce or tourist office to verify details.

Fast Break: Go to jail for art in Albany, Texas

01/24/2010

Texas & Neighbors: Kerrville's Schreiner Mansion will reopen in April

Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge tram ride is front-row seat to wildlife, unique ecological habitats
LOS FRESNOS, Texas – For 15 miles, Bayside Drive at Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge winds through grasslands interspersed with brush, a waterside confection for nature lovers.

Fast Break: Czech out the kolaches in West
If you like sweet rolls, you'll love kolaches. They're Czech pastries somewhat like Danish: light, slightly sweet dough with a dollop of filling in a variety of flavors.

01/17/2010

Texas & Neighbors: Crumpets cuisine fuels Big Bend rafting

Civil War battlefield in New Mexico gets spruced up
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The plan was to march up the Rio Grande, capture the city of Santa Fe and seize the thousands of rifles, dozens of cannons and other supplies at Fort Union for a campaign that would expand the Confederacy's borders all the way to the California coast.

Visit a bygone Texas at Sauer-Beckmann Farm at Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site
How do you stuff a sausage? Or cure bacon? You can discover how both were done in the early 1900s on Central Texas' German farms.

01/12/2010

Prehistoric mammoth bones open for public viewing near Waco
WACO – "Sixty-eight thousand years ago, there was a committed group," said Waco mayor Virginia DuPuy, speaking before a crowd shivering in a tent on a chilly winter day. "They didn't choose to commit, but they were the original donors."

01/10/2010

Texas & Neighbors

Mardi Gras festivities in Texas and Lousiana
Mardi Gras season began Wednesday with the Feast of Epiphany and continues through Mardi Gras itself, or Fat Tuesday (Feb. 16).

Fast Break: family fishing at Fort Richardson State Park
Grab your fishing poles and get set for the Family Fishing Day at Fort Richardson State Park from 9 a.m. to noon Jan. 16. The park's Quarry Lake has been stocked with rainbow trout, bass, catfish, crappie and perch.

01/05/2010

Tram offers carefree tours of South Texas wildlife refuge
For 15 miles, Bayside Drive at Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge winds through grasslands interspersed with brush, a waterside confection for nature lovers.

01/03/2010

Texas & Neighbors: San Antonio's Witte Museum, Mission's citrus fest and more

Relive history at Fredericksburg's National Museum of the Pacific War
FREDERICKSBURG, Texas – Of the many names and places associated with the Pacific battles of World War II, the name Samuel B. Johnson was never one of prominence. A small supply ship that accompanied Adm. William "Bull" Halsey's fleet into Manila Bay in October 1944, the Samuel B. Johnson was left behind when Halsey's carriers moved north in search of the Japanese.

Fast Break: Look, touch and learn at Austin Children's Museum

12/27/2009

Texas & Neighbors: events in Texas and nearby states

Texas state parks opening to digital treasure hunting
If you've heard about the high-tech treasure hunt called geocaching but haven't tried it, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has launched a pilot project to show people that they need not abandon computers to have fun outdoors.

Shreveport's R.W. Norton Art Gallery features range of works
Look behind the unassuming brick facade of the R.W. Norton Art Gallery and find an eclectic collection ranging from 16th-century French tapestries, to European and American paintings and decorative arts, to two galleries of bronzes and paintings by Western artists Frederick Remington and Charles Russell.

12/02/2009

Fast Break: Braking for bakeries in Corsicana, Waco

11/01/2009

Fast Break: Wee bit of Scotland in Salado

10/11/2009

Fast Break: Favorite outlet malls within 300 miles of Dallas
In one stop at an outlet mall, you can find clothes and shoes for everyone in the family; pots, pans and dishes; luggage; electronics; cosmetics; and tchotchkes. Some malls are large enough to run the gamut from Aeropostale (for casual clothes) to Zegna (luxe wear for men).