Ready for a Poker Run?

Poker Runs! Poker Runs!

It's that time again, so fill 'er up, ante up, and come join the fun!

Here is the latest info I have as far as what's happening and where...

Lake Travis Powerboat Association

2007 Poker Run Schedule

April 27th: Kick-Off Party!!

April 28th: Pre-Season Run

May 19th

June 23rd

July 21st

August 18th

Sept. 15th: Last Run & Year End Party!!

If you come join the fun on a poker run, be sure to

bring your Secret Handshake Club Card!!

**Before you come out to play...

check out these LTPA Rules & Guidelines**

If Drought Continues...What's The Plan?

We all love Lake Travis! Some of us already have homes on Lake Travis, some of us have real estate or homes for sale on Lake Travis, and some are building homes or buying new homes on Lake Travis. Every day, folks who don’t live on the lake or own property on Lake Travis come out, soak up the sun, enjoy all the fun and excitement of Lake Travis and taste the lake lifestyle for themselves. The drought affects all of us, and many others. The LCRA is taking the drought conditions very seriously, and they have a plan in place…

LCRA Outlines Water Management Plan If Drought Continues...

Citing record-low flows into the region's water supply reservoirs and the first-ever Lower Colorado River Authority curtailment of water sent to rice farmers, LCRA General Manager Joe Beal said the two-year drought still gripping Central Texas could trigger stricter conservation measures.

"LCRA is taking the drought conditions very seriously," Beal said. "We are following our state-approved water management plan to ensure that we can continue to provide water to our customers, we have asked our customers to conserve water, and for the first time ever, we have limited the amount of water we will send downstream for farmers."

Beal stood among representatives from various lake and river interest groups who came from as far up the river basin as Lake Buchanan to as far downstream as the coastal rice-growing region in Matagorda County. The representatives briefly discussed how the drought has affected them and could continue to affect them personally.

Last year was a record low for the amount of water flowing into these lakes - the lowest since 1942 when the two water supply reservoirs, lakes Buchanan and Travis, began operating in tandem.

So while the Austin area received heavy rain early in 2007, many Central Texans may not realize that the rain did not fall in the areas it was needed to recharge the region's water supply. Lakes Buchanan and Travis - the only two water supply reservoirs in the Highland Lakes chain - are 54 percent full. A repeat of last year's weather will drop the lake levels even more, and even if the Central Texas area receives its average amount of rainfall, the lake levels could still be lower by the end of this summer.

"If the drought persists or gets worse, then we will ask our customers to impose water-use restrictions, and we may even have to cut off our agricultural customers," Beal said. Those measures and others are part of LCRA's state-approved water management plan. "Consistent with our mission as a steward of the Colorado River, LCRA is prepared to implement these measures to make it through this drought," he said.

Business Wire – February 9, 2007

Something Fun for Golfers...

There are many golf courses in Austin, Lake Travis and the surrounding area, and LOTS of golf enthusiasts (my wife and myself included)… A friend sent me this video, and I’d like to share it will all of you. I hope you enjoy it as much as we did!

Video - Free Golf Instructions/Tips from a Pro – Improve Your Golf Swing Today!