Travis Hager

​​I know when it is going to be a good day because my person puts on the shoes. Not the “going to work” shoes. Not the “I will be right back” shoes, which everyone knows are full of lies. I mean the walking shoes. The shoes that say, “Come on, buddy.” That is when I begin my morning dance. My perfect day in The Woodlands starts on The Waterway, where there are so many smells that my nose needs its own assistant. The humans call it a scenic 1.8-mile linear park and water amenity through Town Center.

Article by Travis Hager Photography by Travis Hager Originally published in The Woodlands City Lifestyle By July in Texas, the instinct to explore becomes less of a suggestion and more of a summons. The highways stretch out under hard blue skies, the evenings turn gold, and the best drives begin just as the heat loosens its grip.

By July, North Texas begins looking for water. Not simply a pool, not another patio with misters working overtime, but real water: open sky, long coves, the low hum of a boat motor. For Flower Mound families, Lake Ray Roberts sits just far enough north to feel like a departure, and close enough to become a summer habit. For many, Ray Roberts is known first as a premier bass fishing lake, and rightly so.