Your Guide to Lake Travis, Austin TX
A little before noon — before lunches, tears, and naps — it’s all smiles for the lucky tots around the lake who listen to Ms. Morgan read her library books.
Ms. Morgan is UT alumni Morgan McMillian, the seven-year director for the Lake Travis Community Library. And the books she’s reading belong there.
With a stone archway as a backdrop overlooking a serene pond, it’s an ideal way to spend a Tuesday morning.
[Read more…] about Lake Travis Community Library: A True Community Library
Known for the spectacular views of Lake Travis, Vintage Villas is a family owned and operated hotel and event center tucked along Hudson Bend on the south shore of Lake Travis.
It’s the perfect getaway and you’ll feel right at home. Book a room any day of the week … if the hotel isn’t already booked for an event.
[Read more…] about A Dream Wedding on Lake Travis at Vintage Villas Hotel & Events
If you live in the Lake Travis area, you know one of our favorite indulgences is fried dough confectionery.
Yep, we love our donuts!
On a typical weekend morning, the line at The Donut Hole is out-the-door as children and adults gaze in awe at the array of freshly baked donuts sitting happily behind the glass case.
[Read more…] about The Donut Hole of Lake Travis: 3 Locations, 10 Years, and a New Donut Addition
Kristine Krolczyk knows her clients well. In fact, when they get a little riled up in the afternoon, she knows just what types of music to play to calm her customers’ nerves.
Did I mention she does all of this with pooches, pups and cats?
One of the newest businesses to make a home in Hudson Bend is My Love Fur Paws Pet Care, Lake Travis’ most up-and-coming spot for pet grooming, pet sitting, dog walking and even home visits to check up on your pets if you’re out of town.
[Read more…] about Lake Travis’ Upscale Solution to Full-Service Pet Sitting
It’s hard not to imagine being a young pilot on a mission during World War II as the plane taxis down the runway.
Only five feet out in front of the windshield, the wooden propeller lets out a series of whumps. As you pick up speed, the wind begins to swirl in the open-cockpit.
The sound of the engine chugs then roars as 300 hundred horsepower levels the nose of the plane. And then, the feeling of flight.
After a quick bank to the right, the view of downtown Austin comes into sight and you realize this is not World War II — you are a passenger in the open-cockpit of the red biplane. Behind you and in control of the plane is Robert Whiteside, Owner and Operating Pilot of Austin Biplane.
[Read more…] about From Austin to Lake Travis and Back on Austin Biplane