Still hoping for Texas Magazine Sundays
Last Sunday's "star" section was dominated by a huge picture of a couple of hikers ascending a hilltop, behind them a beautiful carpet of trees, and a story all about exploring Texas' great outdoors. It was Texas Magazine-heaven:
Across the state, people hoping to experience fall in the wild are flocking to state and national park campgrounds from Big Bend to the Gulf Coast. Although camping statistics are difficult to track, it is estimated that more than 50 million people go camping each year. In Texas alone, state parks saw 2.4 million overnight visits in fiscal year 2004, up from 1.5 million the previous year -- not including overnight campers at Texas parks run by the National Park Service or those who visit private campgrounds.
With those figures, dropping temperatures and the beauty of leaves turning shades of yellow, orange and red, it should be no surprise that camping sites are packed with people enjoying a cooler taste of the outdoors.
And for one week I wondered if MeMo would give us Sunday "star" sections that resembled Texas Magazine.
Alas, no. Today's "star" front page is dominated by this story about the Way Station and its mission to help the homeless. A fine story no doubt, but it could have run last week in place of this, and today we could have had another Texas Magazine Sunday.
Posted by Anne Linehan @ 11/21/04 04:00 PM | Print | Comments (0)
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