more on New Mexico

Since there was not much snow... promptly upon my return to Texas, I booked a trip to Durango Colorado with my outdoors club. We are departing from Hurst on Feb 9th and returning on Feb 13th... I am posted some additional pictures from our Taos Trip over Thanksgiving. I still have not finished my Christmas cards (of course) and I am working this week all week, but have two days off next week to spend with Madee when she is in town. We are going to the Nutcracker on Monday and have great BOX seats at the Wortham Theatre Center for the performance! I am very excited about my great seats!

Kayaking in Houston, lots of Bayous...

Madee and William and Chels on the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge. Also more pics coming from great breakfasts at the Salsa de Salto Bed and Breakfast from our Taos trip and the grand fireplace.

Yesterday I went kayaking with the Seirra Club in the Trinity River just east of Houston. It was a great day... I learned some history of the area when it was being settled in the 1800's and how very large ships would use the Trinity river back then.

I saw one Great Blue Heron and a few Common Egrets, I saw Swamp Privets, False Indigo, lots of Duck Weed, lots of Cypress knees, many Sycamore trees, endless Willows as well as the largest Pecan tree that I have ever seen. I must have been about 70 feet high!!

We paddled up a small stream called Lake Pass and into Lake Miller just south of Lake Charolette (which used to be one lake, according to the history maps.) It was an all day event, we put the boats in (16 of them, mostly kayaks and a few canoes) at around 9:30 am just under the IH10 bridge over the Trinity river. We returned to our cars at around 5:30 with a one hour break for a picnic lunch on the south bank of Lake Miller. Lake Miller is sooo shallow I was hitting my paddles on the bottom all the way across the lake. Pictures to come once developed.