Archives for May 2016

Hill Country Indoor Bringing Family-Focused Sports & Recreation to Lake Travis

Written by Cathy Hale | May 19, 2016

If you’ve driven along Bee Cave Parkway and noticed a huge building under construction atop the hill next to Bee Cave Central Park and The Backyard, that’s the new home to Hill Country Indoor, an indoor private sports & recreation center with a live local attitude.

The core team of Hill Country Indoor includes Jeff Kent (a former MLB all-star), Josh McKay, Jeff Spiller, Chris Lupton, and PJ Todd. They all live right here in the Lake Travis area and have families here too. They understand the important and beneficial role sports can play in a family and they also understand the drawbacks.

That being said, their goal is not just to build a state-of-the-art facility for sports and recreation, but to ease the challenges families face of trying to be in two, three or four places at once.

By providing an indoor venue for sports, camps, tournaments and leagues, HCI hopes to offer you a local option, so you won’t have to scarf down dinner in the car halfway across town heading to practice, while the rest of your family is elsewhere doing the exact same thing. HCI decided to bring all of “that” here to one community hub and they’ve spent years making it a reality.

Summer Fun for Your Lake Travis Visitors

Written by Mandy Spivey | May 18, 2016

Summer is just around the corner — the days are starting to get longer and that famous Texas heat is already making a regular appearance around Lake Travis.

Before you know it, you’ll have summer visitors at your door, ready to see the best that the Lake Travis area has to offer.

That’s when it’s up to you, fellow Lake Travisite, to bring out-of-towners to the chillest swimming holes and local destinations that give your Lake Travis visitors a few solid hours of entertainment — Lake Travis style.

There’s something to do for everyone in Lake Travis, so grab your swim suits and some sunscreen — we might be out for a while.

10 Signs You Might Be From Lakeway

Written by Cathy Hale | May 17, 2016

Who knew life in the 78738 and the 78734 could be so enjoyable? Your little lakeside town has grown into a bustling city. You may only have 13.17 square miles of the Texas Hill Country to call your own, but you make the most of every inch. Just look at how much you can squeeze into it!

Despite the massive growth and development in Lakeway, it’s still a beautiful place to call home. You have everything you could ever want in a community like a state-of-the-art hospital, great schools, world-class golf courses, parks, shopping, dining, bowling and of course, a gorgeous lake that is full. Hooray!

But once in a while you need to stretch your legs and venture out into the world. Yes, occasionally you leave Lakeway. When you do … well, er … you are easily spotted.

Here are 10 signs you might be from Lakeway:

What You Don’t Know About Lake Austin Spa: The Unbelievable History of a World-Class Resort

Written by Sandra Spicher | May 16, 2016

In her award-winning historical novel Mayhem: Three Lives of a Woman, Elizabeth Harris has a fish camp as the setting of ongoing harassment and a shocking crime. She sums up the Texas tradition: “Fish camp was a time before it was a fixed place.”

At the fixed place where Lake Austin Spa Resort is now, in a time shortly after the construction of the Mansfield Dam, a rustic fishing lodge was built. Lake Austin Lodges ran the property from the late 1940s to the early 1970s.

Kid Friendly Restaurants in the Lake Travis Area

Written by Todd Hower | May 12, 2016

Does dinner time at your house look something like this? Kids running amok, eating mac and cheese with their fingers, knocking over milk, with lots of screaming and shouting.

Do you wake up delusional some days, ready to risk eating out with your kids to get a break from cooking and dirty dishes, thinking the kids will keep it together for your well-deserved break … not hardly.

You can have the best of both worlds where dinner is served, dishes are done, and you can let your kids do what they are best at — being kids. Your search for the best kid friendly restaurants in the Lake Travis area ends here.

We put together a list of the ones with good, reasonably priced food for kids (and adults) and a playscape or play area that makes it easy to keep an eye on them while you’re enjoying your meal.

Hopefully, you’ll find that moment of peace and the ability to carry on a conversation with your significant other or friends.

Here are LTL’s kid friendly restaurants in the Lake Travis area (in no particular order):
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