This past weekend had several fun paddle activities going on here in Texas. I participated in the 7th Annual Goliad Fall Paddle Trail; this is held on the San Antonio River at the town and state park of Goliad. This is the same San Antonio River that makes the Riverwalk in the town of the same name such a fun place to be; but this is several miles downstream. Like the famous Alamo in San Antonio, there is a mission here in Goliad too; similar also to the Alamo, it was the location of a battle in the fight for Texas independence. It was a massacre also, so the battle cry at the Alamo was said to be "Remember Goliad". So there you go, history and paddling too. My photos are at: http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/575490110qYdIGj?vhost=outdoors Ken Johnson et al were also hosting a sea kayakers' get-together down on the coast this same weekend, I hope he'll be sharing the results of that too. Weather was perfect on Saturday, but rain moved in on Sunday. Natalie Wiest Galveston, Texas *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 8:14 PM, Natalie Wiest <natwiest_at_hal-pc.org> wrote: > This past weekend had several fun paddle activities going on here in > Texas. > Thanks for the posting and pics. I had to smile at the dogs in the canoe. Reminded me of when Sue and I lived at one end of a lake and her parents at the other. We would load the kids and dogs into the canoe and paddle down for a visit. The dogs were always convinced that the most interesting stuff was on the opposite side of the canoe and were forever moving back and forth. Up here, since we wear drysuits a lot, the rain is often welcome as a cool-down feature. We aren't going to get wet from it, after all. I know it's much different among the t-shirt paddling crowd. Nice mission, too. Sue and I will be in s. cal just before Christmas and I hope to see a few of the missions there that I've missed. These warm-water paddling stories keep some of us going during the winter. :) Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA www.nwkayaking.net *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Nice river paddle, Natalie. So peaceful. Here are the pics of Corpus Christi Paddlefest Nov 6-8, 2009. We had a good turnout and weather was great for 2 of 3 days...although beach was swallowed up by very unusual high tides. Everyone really had a good time: http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/574451343cetFNS http://picasaweb.google.com/ianwright2999/CorpusChristiPaddlefest2009?feat=directlink -------------------------------------------------- From: "Natalie Wiest" <natwiest_at_hal-pc.org> Subject: [Paddlewise] Trip Report: Paddling the San Antonio River at Goliad > This past weekend had several fun paddle activities going on here in > Texas. I participated in the 7th Annual Goliad Fall Paddle Trail; this > is held on the San Antonio River at the town and state park of Goliad. > This is the same San Antonio River that makes the Riverwalk in the town > of the same name such a fun place to be; but this is several miles > downstream. Like the famous Alamo in San Antonio, there is a mission > here in Goliad too; similar also to the Alamo, it was the location of a > battle in the fight for Texas independence. It was a massacre also, so > the battle cry at the Alamo was said to be "Remember Goliad". So there > you go, history and paddling too. My photos are at: > http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/575490110qYdIGj?vhost=outdoors > > Ken Johnson et al were also hosting a sea kayakers' get-together down on > the coast this same weekend, I hope he'll be sharing the results of that > too. Weather was perfect on Saturday, but rain moved in on Sunday. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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