Devil’s Hollow snares Benson
The Chicago Bears already were down on RB Cedric Benson for a pitiful average of 3.4 yards per carry–a product of chronic injuries since leaving Texas in 2005 as its only running back to gain a...
View ArticleDevil’s Hollow snares Benson
The Chicago Bears already were down on RB Cedric Benson for a pitiful average of 3.4 yards per carry–a product of chronic injuries since leaving Texas in 2005 as its only running back to gain a...
View ArticleLake Travis plunge
Having sold the family sloop, we no longer pay much attention to the ups and downs of the reservoir called Lake Travis. It has been quite low in previous droughts, but seems to be trying to set a new...
View ArticleLake Travis still falling
The lake she is sinking like a stone, two feet lower than at the link there which was a week ago. I mean fifty-one percent of capacity? Whoa. On the other hand, we’ve been here before, just three years...
View ArticlePlummeting Lake Travis
All our triple digit days means the big lake in the Highlands chain is dropping 1.5 to 2 feet a week now, according to the LCRA: 1) 614.18′ set in August of 1951 2) 615.02′ set in November of 1963 3)...
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Lake Travis’s better days
A familiar view, from my sailing days, coming out of Cypress Creek Arm into the main basin. Heading west. Lake’s much lower than this now, but it’ll come back. It always has, AGW and other doomsday...
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Lake Travis: The Sometimes Islands
Years ago, one of the daily’s photographers (I hesitate to guess which one) took a couch out to one of the Islands, propped an Elvis-on-velvet on it and immortalized the droughty geography. This photo...
View ArticleWooden Boat
Building, launching and sailing a wooden Catboat on Lake Travis. Since she draws just thirty inches, this year’s drought is of little concern. I’m envious.
View ArticleGarrett Gilbert’s promise
Not many people had ever heard of nineteen-year-old Garrett Gilbert when he was rushed onto the field last night at the Rose Bowl to substitute for the injured Colt McCoy. Garrett is better known here...
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A full Lake Travis
It probably won’t last at this height of slightly more than 681 feet above mean sea level, not if La Nina kicks in and we get another dry, scorching summer. But it’s certainly an improvement over last...
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