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Lake Travis Dropping Consistently
With the hot weather the lack of rain and normal water usage, Lake Travis is dropping rapidly. I just went to the LCRA website and saw that over the last week or so, Lake Travis is dropping by an average of around 3.5 inches per day. This isn't anything Read More...
Lake Travis Helicopter Tour
At the grand opening of the Reserve at Lake Travis yesterday, I got to take a short helicopter tour. After taking off, we went up to around 1000 feet and followed Lake Travis to the east. Banking over the uxclusive subdivision of Angel Bay, we turned Read More...
Reserve at Lake Travis Grand Opening
The grand opening for the Reserve at Lake Travis lived up to it’s billing yesterday. I did not stay for the evening activities, but the day stuff was great. I went with fellow agent Claudine Thorne and we had a great time. Arriving at noon, we were Read More...
The Reserve at Lake Travis
The Reserve at Lake Travis is a high-end equestrian community west of Austin around an hour. Situated on Lake Travis, the development will have a number of waterfront lots. Sitting on 300 acres, lot sizes will be generous at one to five acres. In addition Read More...
Waterfront Homes on Lake Travis
Over the last several years I have gotten a lot of calls from out of area buyers wanting Lake Travis waterfront homes. When I have told people about prices, they have not wanted to believe me. After all, Lake Travis is just another lake in Texas, right? Read More...
Building in the Lake Travis Floodplain
I had a call a few weeks ago from a guy who found a Lake Travis waterfront lot online for $160,000. He was pretty excited about this as it is just about the least expensive waterfront lot you will ever see on Lake Travis. When he gave me the address, Read More...
Been to the Oasis Lately?
This is the view from the Oasis Restaurant high above Lake Travis. Amazing, isn't it. This is the view from the Oasis looking toward Comanche Trail. This shot really gives you a good idea of how high above Lake Travis the restaurant is. This photo Read More...
2008 Relay For Life of Lake Travis, TX Video
This is a pan of the field at the Lake Travis High School track 15 minutes before the 2008 Relay For Life of Lake Travis began. The event was held April 11 & 12. We don't have the final numbers yet, but it looks like we had move than 35 teams, Read More...
Lake Travis High School Moves Up In Newseek Ranking
From the Lake Travis ISD weekly e-newsletter: "For the third year in a row, Lake Travis High School is listed as one of Newsweek's Top 1,300 schools in the country. This year, the campus jumped more than 200 spots to be listed at number 503 - Read More...
Lake Travis Real Estate Prices
Lake Travis is a wonderful place to own waterfront property, but people, especially those not in the central Texas area, usually grossly underestimate prices. What I intend to do here is give readers the statistics over the last six months for single Read More...
2008 Relay For Life of Lake Travis Kick-Off Meeting Date Set
The date has been set for the kick-off meeting for the 2008 Relay For Life of Lake Travis. It will be February 15 at Buster's BBQ, which is on RM 620 in Bee Cave, at 6:30PM. For the last 6 years I have been involved in the American Cancer Society Read More...
Want Golf? Try Lakeway, TX
Does this image tell you something? Perhaps not, but the next one will. This is the water tower at the Lakeway Blvd. entrance to Lakeway. It is painted to look like a giant golf ball on a blue tee. Just to the west of Austin on Lake Travis is the city Read More...
Retiring to Austin
With more and more baby boomers starting to enter retirement, Austin is a great place for them to look for a retirement house. More specifically, the hills from western Austin to Marble Falls as well as the entire Dripping Springs area are the places Read More...
Hospitals and Banks = Growth
The western Travis, northern Hays and southern Burnett Counties area is poised for some really significant growth. A major medical facility (read hospital with a level 2 trauma center) is slated for Lakeway. A hospital is going into the Marble Falls area. Read More...
Fog Over Mansfield Dam
If you saw my post from a few days ago about fog following the Colorado River valley, you know that the for isn't generated just by the water of Lake Austin. This shot shows the thin, soupy fog as it rolls over Mansfield Dam from Lake Travis. It is Read More...
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