Peter Simek’s Articles

  • A Texas Fishing Guide to Lakes, Rivers, and Coastline

    A Texas Fishing Guide to Lakes, Rivers, and Coastline

    Drop your line in at these top 12 spots.


  • Support Your Local Texas Hot Sauces

    Support Your Local Texas Hot Sauces

    And maybe burn the roof of your mouth off.


  • Rock Out to the Jukebox at Texas State Park Dances

    Rock Out to the Jukebox at Texas State Park Dances

    For generations of Texans, nothing has captured that summer feeling like dancing under the stars at Texas’ state parks.


  • When You Should Start Planting Fall Vegetables

    When You Should Start Planting Fall Vegetables

    Brave the heat. “Fall you” will thank “today you” for it.


  • The Ultimate Guide to Texas River Tubing

    The Ultimate Guide to Texas River Tubing

    Which river to choose, what to bring, and where to jump. We have your answers here.


  • The Texas Barbecue Fit for Presidents

    When Terry Wootan took over Cooper’s Llano in the ’80s, it was already a local treasure. He never thought he’d turn it into a national sensation.


  • Texas Through the Decades

    Step into the time machine.


  • How to Share the Road in Texas

    Roads are not just for cars. They’re designed to handle all sorts of traffic.


  • How 4 Texas Rivers Built Our Cities

    The names of Texas’ rivers are etched into the history of the American West.


  • City Spotlight: Nacogdoches

    City Spotlight: Nacogdoches

    This small town hidden at the far eastern edge of the state is the gateway to the beautiful Pineywoods region.


  • 12 Spots to Hunt for Texas Antiques

    12 Spots to Hunt for Texas Antiques

    These treasure-hunting grounds are well worth a detour from the road.


  • Explore 6 Natural Pools in Texas

    Explore 6 Natural Pools in Texas

    The best swimming spots in Texas are fed by springs or formed by collapsed river canyons.


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