>I'm presently residing in the majestic wastelands outside of Houston Texas.< Tom, Having had the "pleasure" of being stationed at one time in TX me thinks that your best bet would be to pack up your kayak & hit 6 Flags in Dallas. They have some fairly clean water in the rides section! (for sure take your paddleskirt!) Any sport in TX is a learning experience which I am sure there are alot of unique ways to enjoy outdoor activites with a lot of advise from others that live in that environment. Not to criticize TX (or step on any PWer's toes) there are a few sports that I felt were not ideal for that state. I had a few of those "Kodak" moments whilst trying to enjoy a few & learned the following: jeeps are expensive to have towed out when sunk to the axle (in an innocent looking field wherein the vegetation hides huge unseen areas of muck), rock & crack climbing is the pits especially if you try to outrun a mesquite tree while repelling; rattlers are not particular where they nap, scorpions are not the first thing you notice when you are busy trying to find footage or cracks & camping on a wildlife preserve will draw every buffalo in a 10 mile radius, not to mention the flying critters that file flight plans without ETA's. Let's not even address the friendly spiders i.e. black widows & brown recluse, the latter which got the munchies on my leg....... okay perhaps I am not the best Girl Scout nor outdoors-person........ I for one would not take my kayak in the waters of where I lived, Wichita Falls, since it would surely turn my white kayak a yet to be sold color, TX Red. You could still enjoy kayaking if you either moved or made yourself a nice big water hole (don't forget to preline it with concrete & invest in a grand filtering system). This is a creative group of people and am sure the feedback will be excellent on places to paddle within a reasonable distance. (Please keep in mind those of you reading this that are far wittier then me, I am not looking for feedback on my escapes nor my personal thoughts about TX.) If I was still living there I think I would start watching for good airfares to good paddling states. Ever thought of taking up hacky-sack? Just kidding, I don't mean to offend anyone that loves living in Texas, I truly prefer being "A way up North" with the mountains, ocean, lakes & yes sometimes too much rain. Can I plead anonymous? Sandi in Washington State *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sat Aug 19 2000 - 08:04:27 PDT
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