Lifestyle

Living the Lake Travis Lifestyle

The Lake Travis Lifestyle includes a variety of attitudes and values from a variety of people. Lifestyle choices in the area are many — from the neighborhood you live in and how you raise your children to choices about your health and the well-being of others in our community.

Many of us are influenced by our surroundings. Here in the Lake Travis area, we have development, traffic, and water management issues that affect our lifestyle.

Everything from articles that are a little more personal — and sometimes more humorous than others — to creating awareness about traffic and water conservation, this is where you'll tap into the heart of Lake Travis Lifestyle.

Lake Travis Gets Drained by a Fish

Written by Todd Hower | April 1, 2016

Rumors started circulating early Thursday morning that a rare fish had been caught near the low water crossing on Lake Austin.

The fish in question is the once thought to be extinct yellow-bellied sucker fish. A relative to the threatened blue sucker fish, but not to be confused with the yellow-bellied sapsucker.

Long before Mansfield Dam had been constructed, the yellow-bellied sucker thrived in the swift waters of the Colorado River.

The yellow-bellied sucker needs cooler water temperatures and a steady current to spawn and survive. So it was shortly after the completion of Mansfield Dam in 1942 that sightings of the fish were rare. By 1944, it was believed that the yellow-bellied sucker fish had gone extinct.

That was until early this morning.

Lost in Spicewood, Found across Lake Travis in Lago Vista: The Story of Lisha

Written by Sandra Spicher | March 10, 2016

Spicewood residents David and Beverly Leonard were walking Lisha, their rescued Black Mouth Cur mix, when she bolted into the brush after a deer. Four-year-old Lisha didn’t come back right away, so the Leonards took action.

They made flyers and put them up all over the neighborhood and at local businesses like Lee’s Almost By the Lake. Over the next few days they probably logged “about a thousand miles,” Beverly says, searching on foot and on the road — desperate to find the youngest member of their family.

Living Gluten-Free in Lake Travis

Written by Cathy Hale | March 7, 2016

In the early 2000’s, the term “gluten-free” began to gain momentum and mindshare just like “organic” and “local” did in the years prior to that. But gluten-free is more than a dietary fad. It’s a way of life.

Today, restaurants have gluten-free options on the menu and grocery stores like the new H-E-B Lakeway have a dedicated aisle to gluten-free products. You can even buy gluten-free Girl Scout cookies. Yep, the Toffee-tastic!

In fact, according to U.S. market research, sales of products with a gluten-free label have doubled in the past four years, rising from $11.5 billion to more than $23 billion.

Most people who live a gluten-free lifestyle don’t necessarily do it out of want but out of need. There are very real illnesses triggered by gluten that can wreak havoc on individuals who suffer from them. Things like celiac disease (an autoimmune disease), gluten intolerance and wheat allergies demand a permanent change in diet.

Goodbye memorized recipes, hello creative dinner hacks.

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