Scores of brave souls welcomed the New Year with a Polar Bear Plunge into the Kyle City Pool on Jan. 1. The icy annual event is sponsored by the Kyle Parks and Recreation Department. (Photos by Lincoln Ramirez)
Continuing a venerable tradition, more than 300 residents turned out at noon on New Year’s Day to take a chilly jump in the San Marcos River. Some of them bizarrely dressed, the revelers enjoyed black-eyed peas and hotdogs after the plunge.









