Great Outdoors

Weekends in April

April is a great time to marry your love for wine and wildflowers. Dozens of wineries along three Texas wildflower trails are holding wine and food tastings throughout April.

“I’m more afraid riding in the car!” claims aerobatic pilot and wingwalker, Teresa Stokes of Houston, who, for 20 years, has been performing aerodynamic feats with her partner and pilot, Gene Soucy. This, coming from a woman who, at times, is being held in place by nothing more than centrifical force! “I’m not going anywhere,” she says calmly.

Feeling frisky this spring? Then grab a friend (or two) and head out to nurture your inner adventurer. Several area businesses offer hair-raising fun, and fodder for great stories that you’ll enjoy sharing for years to come.

Take a Chopper Tour

By Susan Tomlinson

What to do when you see a train wreck about to happen? Keep your mouth shut and let people make their own mistakes, or butt in and look like a pushy, insufferably superior know-it-all?

Just the other day, I was standing in the bird seed aisle of a local store when this same sort of advice pickle came up. I’m busy loading up my cart with a couple of bags of seed, when a couple of women arrive—all a-bustle—and start picking out a bird feeder and the seed to go in it. It was clearly their first feeder. I knew this because I was eavesdropping like any nosey parker worth her salt should. I’m not going to go into all the details here, but it was immediately apparent that they were headed down the Path of Regret.