The "Lighthouse Lakes Kayak Trail" established by Texas Parks & Wildlife (TPWD) is on a large shallow bay system in the Gulf of Mexico N. of Corpus Christi. There are excellent maps and overhead aerial photos and the light house (not functioning but the largest structure for miles) is nearly always available for a point of reference. TPWD has put navigation poles with numbers that can be referenced to those maps which also have associated GPS coordinates. On a good visibility day navigtion among the small islands with dense vegitation is difficult. In a fog, its nearly impossible and GPS can really be a lifesaver. Also after a long paddle and needing to fight the wind on the way home I am glad to have it. For what its worth, I have a 5+ year old B&W Lowrance IFinder that still does some things better than any of the new Garmins I am looking at. It once also sat at the bottom of the Devil's River for some time. After I literaly poured water out of it and thought it was a goner, I took it apart and laid it on a rock for several hours and put it back together. It made a come back and has served me well for 2 years since. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Jan 02 2007 - 04:18:21 PST
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