Places

Wimberley is Bootiful. That isn’t a misspelled word. Oh, sure, Wimberley is beautiful and everyone who lives here or who visits will attest to that fact, but two years ago the village became “bootiful” thanks to all those big artistic boots you see all around. These are fiberglass boots, six feet tall and planted at various businesses, art galleries, the library, the visitors center, the high school, the Wimberley Institute of Cultures, the United Me ...

Here’s a bed and breakfast inn that couldn’t be any more perfect: The Inn at Chachalaca Bend in Los Fresnos. The first thing you notice is that it’s out of way, way off the beaten path. Next, after you drive through the gate, you travel through a tunnel created by palms and cactus and mesquite and ebony.

Kimble County is located in the western corner of the Hill Country, approximately 100 miles west of San Antonio.  IH-10 cuts through the northern part of the City of Junction, its county seat, and US Hwys 83, 290 and 377 intersect here, along with numerous Ranch Roads, Farm-to-Market and county roads.

What was this fish? The vintage fiberglass rod throbbed, then dipped and bowed like a wispy willow in a heavy wind. Sometimes the fish felt like a freight train, powerful, unyielding, unstoppable.  Then in a second, it would change directions, shift gears, and morph into a race car speeding off into the distance.

The 12-acre campus has been a long undertake, and on March 19, the FTRA will host the Grand Opening of Phase I, which includes the Open-Air Texas Ranger Pavilion, the Campanile, or bell tower, which is a Beacon for Learning and a Salute to Good Citizenship. A huge Texas Ranger badge sculpture is the Ranger Ring of Honor Memorial, dedicated to those who lost their lives in the line of duty; names of those who sacrificed everything to serve Texas are inscribed there. In addition, there is an Amph ...

It was a hot afternoon this past July and you could feel the sun beating down, as relentless and burning as a Biblical plague. The grey-bearded old man found the shady spot he was looking for, then slowly began preparing his rig.  It took longer than normal because it had been years since he’d been able to fish this spot.

When I was a little girl growing up in Central America, I loved going to the Mercado. I was blessed to have a Costa Rican mom and an American dad, which resulted in spending the wonder-filled days of my childhood in Costa Rica. We lived in the capital city of San Jose and its Mercado Central is huge, taking up a full city block.

Small towns in Texas find ways to go from just a spot along the road on the way to someplace else to a distinctive stop along that road. Luling and nearby Gonzales are good examples of that. You might just be dashing through and not notice a thing except a stop light, but stop for a bit, look around, and what you’ll find is likely to surprise you and keep you busy all day long.

Learn all about nature in the Hill Country, up close and personal, during the 16th annual Nature Quest this April. During the Nature Quest, you’ll learn from experts about all facets of the Hill Country—bats, birds, butterflies, insects, champion big trees, flowers, natural history, native plants, wildlife habitats, rivers, and more. Around the Concan-Utopia area of the scenic western Hill Country, you’ll get to go on scenic field trips, attend works ...

Wimberley may be a small town, but it does the winter holidays up in a big way. The EmilyAnn Theatre and Gardens presents its impressive Trail of Lights November 28 through December 29 while the Wimberley Merchants Association has something for everyone on the Wimberley Square on December 12.