Lake Travis Bass Fishing
DAN ALDERMAN, Adventure guy, Austin, Texas Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks “There’s a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.” – Steven Wright There is a good chance if you have ever held a fishing pole, the first fish you...
Trampled by Turtles – Gruene Hall
DAN ALDERMAN, Adventure guy, Austin, Texas A blazing blend of new school meets old school“It takes a special breed to play folk/bluegrass faster and harder than any metal band out there, but anyone who’s ever seen a Trampled by Turtles show knows the band is that...
Spider Mountain Bike Park
DAN ALDERMAN, Adventure guy, Austin, Texas The First Ski Lift Operated Bike Park Opens in Texas! A few weeks ago a friend added me to a WhatsApp group conversation about a mountain biking park they were planning to check out. All I needed to see was “lift assisted...
Axe Throwing at Urban Axes Austin
DAN ALDERMAN, Adventure guy, Austin, Texas We Mock What We Don’t Understand While I was watching the local morning news last summer, sandwiched between the weather forecast announcing our 15th day in a row over 100° and more BS in Washington, came on one of those...
Crux Climbing Center & Cosmic Beer Garden
DAN ALDERMAN, Adventure guy, Austin, Texas Classic Rock, Cold Beer, Climbing and……Chickens? Just off South Congress Blvd. in Austin, Texas USA, sits a place where you can get a great cup of coffee, sample a local Texas brew, listen to some live music and climb at a...