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The Lure Of Austin s Lakes and Lake Living
his weekend, February 18, jewels. With improved access,
2007, Austin’s Lake Travis highway construction and
hosted the $1 million commercial development completed,
Wal-Mart Forrest L. Wood Bass or well under way, the Highland
Fishing Tournament. The winner, Lakes have become a viable choice
pro Aaron Hastings of Middletown, for those seeking the best of
MD, claimed the $125,000 prize both worlds Austin has to offer.
with a final-round total of ten
bass weighing 19 pounds, 9
ounces. Professional and amateur Today, many native and
fishermen from all over the globe new or prospective Austinites
converged on the lake for a week have been lured to the lakes by
of competition in the prestigious the natural beauty of the live
tournament, which will be oaks, cypress, granite cliffs,
broadcast to 81 million FSN (Fox and the sparkling blue water. The
Sports Net) subscribers in the rugged hills surrounding the
U.S. and abroad as part of the lakes have recently become dotted
“FLW Outdoors” television series, with magnificent homes that take
the most widely distributed full advantage of breathtaking
weekly fishing program in the views of the lake, and offer
world. That’s quite a commercial distant glimpses of the thriving
for those with an interest in city of Austin. The landscape,
lake property in the Austin area. and the upscale homes in the
hills evoke a West Coast style,
Only a few years ago, a and many former residents of that
trip to Lake Travis was an state have found good value,
excursion, a chance to bask in compared to property in
nature and enjoy the outdoors on California.
a boat or at one of the many
parks that ring Austin’s liquid Along the arteries that
lead into the heart of Austin, From the hills of Lake Travis,
more modest, yet still upscale, the water slopes gently down to
neighborhoods offer an idyllic, Lake Austin, finally meandering
semi-rural setting for families its way through the heart of the
with kids as well as a reasonable city as Town Lake, our treasured,
commute into the city. As urban waterway, these three named
opportunities become available, bodies of water are claimed by
many businesses have, or are Austinites as their share of the
considering relocation of chain of 7 lakes that comprise
facilities to the corridor area the Highland Lakes, that were
between Austin and Lake Travis, created by a system of
to complement and enhance the hydroelectric dams on the
residents who choose to live in Colorado River.
the area. Schools are excellent,
retail shopping, restaurants, and I believe that Austin’s claim to
entertainment venues are in all three is valid because
place, and due to continued road somehow, the people who make
improvements, the trip into their homes on opposite banks of
Austin has shortened the water, or sometimes even
significantly. share adjoining property lines,
reflect the eclectic, vibrant
Even closer to town, the nature that Austin calls its own.
lake that shares Austin’s name The celebrities, politicos and
offers a great variety of homes, notables happily mixing with
condominiums, rentals and artists, university students,
resorts, as well as water sports, writers, musicians and
great fishing, and other interesting hippie hangers-on,
entertainment amenities close at are still noticeable and
hand. treasured out there, just as they
are in town. The lure of Austin’s
lakes has its real root in the personality.
lure of Austin’s people and their
collective Texas-bred
About the Author:
Nancy Drew recommends Eric Bramlett's Austin Real Estate Guide, his Austin Texas Real Estate company’s website, & his Austin Texas Real Estate Guide.
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