ʻAʻole he mea hūnā e wela a hoʻonuanuʻo Houston - aʻaʻole hoʻi e huna i ka waiʻo ia keʻano o nā mea maikaʻi loa e paʻi i ka wela. Ma mua o ke kauʻana i loko o ka waiʻauʻau , e ho'āʻo i ka hoe a komo i kahi kayak. ʻO Houston a me nā wahi e pili ana i nā mile he mile a me nā mile o nā alanui alawai, a me ka nui o nā manu, nā lāʻau, a me nā ola wai, he mea nui ia i ka hana. Mai hopohopo - ua kūpaʻa nā kayak ma mua o ko lākou nānāʻana. He paʻakikī e hāʻule.
Inā he moku kāu moku a he pono paha e hoʻolimalima kahi, he hoe māmā aʻikeʻole paha i kahi e hoʻomaka ai, eʻikeʻoe i nā wahi a me nā kumuwaiwai he nui no ka hoʻolimalimaʻana i ka lā ma ka wai a ma Houston. Eia nā wahi kaulana eʻelima e hoʻomaka ai e hoʻomaka i loko o ke kakahiaka o ke kūlanakauhale, akā eʻikeʻoe e nānā i kahiʻaoʻao o ka Texas Texas Parks a me ka Wildlife Department o Texas Paddling Trails no ka lehulehu o nā koho.
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ʻO Buffalo Bayou
JP ma TX / Flickr ʻO Houston kēia e like me kona loaʻa. ʻO ka heleʻana he 26 mile mai kaʻaoʻao komohana o ke kūlanakauhale a hiki pono i ke kūlanakauhale, he 10 mau wahi hiki i ka Buffalo Bayou Paddling Trail e hāʻule ai i loko o ka wai a hoʻokuʻu i nā hoe waʻa i ka puʻuwai o H-kaona.
Ināʻaʻole kāu kuleana pono'ī, hiki ke loaʻa nā loaʻa kayak ma Bayou City Adventures mai ka $ 30-45 / hola. Kūpalena nā hale i nā lā Lune.
ʻOiaiʻo kēia he bayou me kahi'ōwaiwai o kēia manawa aʻaʻole iʻole e weheʻia, e noʻonoʻo he mea hele hoʻokahi ia, a he mea paha e pono ai kekahi hana hoʻolālā. Loaʻa nā lawelawe kauā e hāʻawi ai i nā holo a me nā kaʻa ma ke alawaiwai, akā, ua palena loa ka wahi kaʻa e pili ana, kokoke loa i kahi kokoke i ke kauhale e loaʻa ai.
I kēlā me kēia makahiki, kōkua ka bayou i ka mālamaʻana i ka Buffalo Bayou Partnership Regatta. ʻO ka haneli o nā hoe waʻa, mai ka hoʻomakaʻana i ka poʻe akamai, e komo i kēiaʻaha kauhale kaulana. Ināʻaʻoleʻoe e kākau i ka hoe, pono ke kiaʻi.
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ʻO ke kai
No ka hoe hoe me nā mea kōkua'ē aʻe e kokoke ana, He koho maikaʻi ka Woodlands. ʻO ka maikaʻi o ka nohoʻana i loko o kahi kaiāulu kahi e hoʻonaniʻia ana i waena o nā kumulāʻau. Hiki iāʻoe ke hele i waena o nā lāʻau i kahi kīʻaha e pili ana i kahi papa pāʻani, aiʻole ma kahi alawaiwai me nā haleʻai a me nā meaʻai ma nāʻaoʻaoʻelua. Hele kekahi mau hoe waʻa i ke ahiahi a hiki lākou i ka wai i nā kaula ma Cyviliana Woods Mitchell Pavilion.
He nui nā kēpau e komo ai a i waho paha o ka wai me kāu kayak, aiʻole e hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻolimalima mai nā mea i loko o The Woodlands. ʻO Lakes Edge Boat House a me Park, a me Riva Row Boat House, nā kayak hoʻolimalima a me nā hoehoe pale. ʻO nā hale hoʻolimalima i hoʻokuʻuʻia he $ 15, a me $ 5 no kēlā me kēia hola hou. Hoʻolālā nā papaʻelua i nā kayak ala likeʻole a me nā hoe waʻa no $ 20, a me $ 5 no kēlā me kēia hola hou. Hoʻokomoʻia nā olala no nā kānaka, a me nā'īlio.
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Ke kahua'āinaʻo Galveston Island
No kahi hoe hoe paʻakai a me kahi nānā o ke kahawaiʻo Gulf Coast, ke poʻo hikina hikina hema i ka mokupuniʻo Galveston. Aia ka papa hoʻolālā heʻekolu mau alakai maʻamau ma waena o 2.6 a me 4 mile ka lōʻihi. ʻO kēia mau ala ma ke kai kūʻono o ka mokupuni, ma waena o ka mokupuni a me ka'āina'ē, ma mua o ka moana kai. ʻO kēia no nā wai mālie e hiki ke komo i nā pae a pau o nā hoe waʻa.
Loaʻa ka nui o nā kaʻa i ka mākele o ka moku'āina, koe wale nō ke kauwela i ka wā e ulu ai nā kai iʻa.ʻO ka hoʻokomoʻana i ka moku'āina he $ 5 no kēlā me kēia kanaka 12 mau makahiki.
ʻAʻole hale hoʻolimalima i ka mākele o ka moku'āina, akāʻaʻole i loaʻa kahi mea hoʻolimalima, hoʻokipaʻia. ʻO ka mākele'āina, me nā Hoa o Galveston Island State Park, nā papa hele wāwae e like me nā papa hoʻomaka a me nā hoe hā.
Pro-tip: Inā e RSVP a hele i kekahi o kēia mau hanana - e kū nei ma waho o ka uku komo hoʻolālā - e hāʻawi lākou i nā kayak a me nā lako e hoʻohana aiʻoe.
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Kāheaʻo Martin i ka Jr. State Park
Ke neʻe nei mai ke one a hiki i ka paluhi, he 120 mile ma ka'ākau o Houston i Jasper, Texas. ʻOiai ka nui o nā hiʻohiʻona e pili ana i Houston me keʻano o kēia, he nui nāʻano manaʻo likeʻole o kēia pā. ʻAʻole like i nā wahi o nā'auwaʻa, he mau wahi ākea nui,ʻo nā ala hele maʻaneʻi e uhi i nā pupuhi makani a me nā kahawaiʻo Neches. Hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻokele i kāu moku me nā tunnels o Cypress, lily lads and Spanish springs. Hiki keʻauʻau ke anikoa aʻelua paha - akā, mai hopohopo; ʻaʻole lākou he mea hōʻeha.
Hoʻokomo nā kauhale ma luna o ka wai, aʻo ka'āinaʻo Texas Parks a me nā'Ālapa e hāʻawi aku ana i nā hale kūʻai ma loko o ka hale pāʻani kahi e uku ai iāʻoe ma lalo o $ 20 / lā -ʻo ka lole ola a me ka hoe.
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Kahiʻo San Marcos
I ke kuhikuhiʻana i kaʻaoʻao'ē aʻe,ʻo ka mokuʻo San Marcos he wahi iki aku ia, he 145 mau mile ma ke komohana o Houston kokoke i Luling, Texas - ma kaʻaoʻao hema o Austin. ʻIke pūʻia nō hoʻi kona kūmoho maikaʻi loa,ʻo ia kahi kahi e makemake ai i ka wai māmā. E lawe mai i kā kayak a me ka pakuhi no ke kaʻawale, aiʻole e hoʻolimalima i ke kūlanakauhale a hoʻohana i kahiʻoihana kauā. Nui nā wahi i loaʻa no ka loiloi, akāʻo ka poʻe eʻimi ana i kahi hoeʻoi aku iʻoi aku kaʻoi aku e nānā i ka Hoʻolālā Zedler Mill Paddling Trail.
ʻO kēia ala kaiʻeono mile kaʻike iāʻoe ma waho o ka wai a ma waena o nā lāʻau. Hoʻokahi mea e noʻonoʻo ai i kēia wahi, aia i kahi āpau i hala mua o ka mīkini, no laila e loli ke kiʻekiʻe o ka wai. ʻO kēia kahi wale nō ke hāʻawi nei i kahi pilikia inā he haʻahaʻa nā haʻahaʻa a hiki i ka mea e hōʻeuʻeu ai i kahi kayak ma nā lālā.