Cary Estes

The Dallas-Fort Worth region often seems like an endless sea of asphalt, concrete, and steel. Buildings and boulevards dominate the landscape, and it can feel as though lake life is hundreds of miles away. Actually, it takes less than a …

There are lakes where the primary objective is simply to get away from it all. The less to do, the better. And then there is Lake Charles, located about halfway between Houston and New Orleans, which dishes up a bubbling …

The area in the Pocono Mountains that Native Americans called “the stream of swift and slow water” is now more like “the lake of big fun.” But no matter how you wish to translate it, Lake Wallenpaupack is the focal …