Your Guide to Lake Travis, Austin TX
Driving west from Cedar Park on FM 1431 toward Lago Vista, you plunge down steep grades and charge uphill around curves surrounded by oak and juniper forest. Breath starts to come easier, relief from the stress of traffic.
Slow down and pull over after cresting the hill into Jonestown for another visual treat—IronWaves Custom Iron Art Studio & Gallery at 18658 FM 1431.
[Read more…] about IronWaves: Jonestown’s Hill Country Art Enclave
When Mary Smothers was twenty-one she and her husband had no insurance and no security alarm.
They were renting, so she figured there was no need.
But one day she came home with her six-month-old son on her hip to find her home broken into and belongings piled in the living room. The burglars were still there.
She went to a neighbor’s and waited for police.
Too late; their home was cleaned out. The criminals were never apprehended.
[Read more…] about Burglary Prevention Tips with Mary Smothers of Security Consultant Pros
Unless you’re about twelve, it’s unlikely you’re actually from Lago Vista. Even those who’ve lived here the longest seem to have moved in after they learned to talk.
This list of community traits was unscientifically extorted from random people on the street, none of whom claim to be native Lago Vistans. The list did seem to fall into just a few broad categories, though.
If you happened to glance at Lake Travis on Saturday or Sunday, you might have wondered what was going on. Sure, it was Memorial Day weekend. Makes sense for people to flock to the lake. But why all the sailboats?
For the first time in years, the weather cooperated enough to hold a two-day race the Austin Yacht Club calls the Turnback Canyon Regatta. One sailor, whose team came in fourth in his division Saturday, explained that there has to be enough water in the cove at Bar-K Park to allow the sailboats to tie up overnight.
You may recall the Memorial Day weekend of 2015, when there was too much water (not to mention debris) to hold the race.
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.
[Read more…] about Lost in Spicewood, Found across Lake Travis in Lago Vista: The Story of Lisha
