The Journal · Texas Hill Country Travel

August and September are peak emergence at the smallest state park in Texas. Here’s how to get a seat.

A county fair, an Oktoberfest, a food-and-wine weekend, and ten days of sausage — the autumn calendar, with dates.

Texas really does have an autumn. It lasts about three weeks and it moves every year — here’s how to catch it.

Kerr County is open, and it needs visitors. What to know about the river, and how to read a flash-flood watch.

From the famous to the hidden — and which ones need a reservation before you go.

How to taste your way down US-290 without trying to hit all fifty in one day.

What to wear, when to show up, and how to fake your way around the dance floor.

Where to point the car in late March, plus the unwritten rules of a roadside photo stop.

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