Akuyona imfihlo ukuthi iHouston ishisa futhi iyamanzi - futhi akukho mfihlo ukuthi amanzi enye yezindlela ezingcono zokushaya ukushisa. Esikhundleni sokungena echibini , zama ukubamba isikhwama bese ungena ku-Kayak. I-Houston nezindawo zayo ezizungezile zihamba ngamamayela namamayela emigwaqweni yamanzi, futhi ngobuningi bezinyoni, izihlahla kanye nokuphila kwamanzi, kuwufanele ngempela umzamo. Futhi ungakhathazeki - ama-kayaks anempilo kunokuba abheke. Kunzima ukuphuma.
Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi unesikebhe sakho noma isidingo sokuqasha eyodwa, unomuntu owaziwayo noma angazi ukuthi uzoqala kuphi, uzothola izindawo eziningi nezinsiza zokuchitha usuku emanzini nase-Houston. Nazi izindawo ezinhlanu ezithandwayo ukuze uqalise okuhamba phambili kwedolobha, kodwa qiniseka ukuthi uhlola ikhasi laseTexas Park noMnyango we-Wildlife waseTexas Paddling Trails ukuze uthole konke okukhethwa kukho.
01 ka 05
Buffalo Bayou
I-JP ku-TX / Flickr Lokhu kufana ne-Houston njengoba ithola. Umzila wamamayela angu-26 owehlisela ohlangothini olusentshonalanga yedolobha kuze kube edolobheni, iBuffalo Bayou Paddling Trail inezindawo zokufinyelela ezingu-10 zokungena emanzini futhi zizofika emadolobheni ase-H.
Uma ungenayo eyakho, ukuqashwa kwe-kayak kuyatholakala nge-Bayou City Adventures kusuka ku-$ 30-45 / ihora. Ukuqasha kuvaliwe ngoMsombuluko.
Njengoba lokhu yi-bayou enomgwaqo wamanje futhi awuyena ovulekile, cabanga ukuthi uhambo olulodwa, okungahle ludinge ukuhlelwa kwezinto ezithile. Kunezinsizakalo zokuthutha ezinikezela ukugibela nokupaka eduze komgwaqo wamanzi, kodwa isimo sokupaka sincane kakhulu, ikakhulukazi esiseduze nomuzi.
Unyaka ngamunye, i-bayou isiza ukubamba i-Annual Buffalo Bayou Partnership Regatta. Amakhulu abadayisi, kusukela kwaqalayo kuya kochwepheshe, bahlanganyele kulo mkhosi odumile wendawo. Ngisho noma ungabhalisi ku-paddle, kufanelekile iwashi.
02 ka 05
The Woodlands
Ukuze uthole i-paddle enezinsiza eziseduze, i-The Woodlands iyindlela enhle. Kunenzuzo yokuba endaweni edolobheni ngenkathi uzizwa uboshwe phakathi kwezihlahla. Ungangena emithini ukuya emgodini oxhunywe endaweni yokudlala, noma ngokusebenzisa umgwaqo wamanzi nezindawo zokudla kanye nokuthenga ngakwesinye icala. Abanye abaduni bavele kusihlwa ukuze bafike emanzini ngesikhathi bekhonsathi e-Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion - akukho mbono wesiteji, kodwa umsindo uvela ngaphandle kwezemidlalo.
Kunezintaba eziningi zokungena noma ukuphuma emanzini nge kayak yakho siqu, noma ungakwazi ukuqasha ezikhungweni ngaphakathi kweThe Woodlands. I-Lakes Edge Boat House nePark, kanye neRiva Row Boat House, kokubili ukuqasha ama-kayak nama-stand-up paddleboards. Izakhiwo ziqasha ama-kayaks angama-dollar angama-$ 15, kanye ne-$ 5 ngehora ngalinye elengeziwe. Zombili lezi zakhiwo ziqashisa ama-kayak kanye nama-paddleboards amaRandi angu-20, kanye ne-$ 5 ngehora ngalinye elilodwa. Izigubhu zokuphila zifakiwe kubantu, kanye nezinja.
03 ka 05
I-Galveston Island State Park
Ngendwangu yamanzi usawoti kanye nombono weGulf Coast, inhloko eningizimu-ntshonalanga kuya eGalveston Island. I-park ye-state inezintambo ezintathu ezisemthethweni ezisendlini eziphakathi kwamamitha angu-2.6 no-4 ubude. Lezi zindlela zisehlangothini lwama-bay of the island, phakathi kwesiqhingi kanye nezwe, kunokuba ocean ovulekile. Lokhu kwenza amanzi amnandi afinyeleleke kuwo wonke amazinga abaduni.
Kukhona ngokuvamile ukupaka endaweni yokupaka kahulumeni, ngaphandle kwehlobo lapho ama-beachgoers ehlala khona. Ukungena epaki likahulumeni kungu- $ 5 ngomuntu ngamunye eminyakeni engu-12 nangaphezulu.
Azikho izakhiwo eziqashisayo epaki likahulumeni, kodwa lapho lokho kunikezwa khona, ukungenisa izihambi kuthatha indawo. Ipaki yesifunda, kanye nabangane baseGalveston Island State Park, ihlala njalo iqhutshelwa izenzakalo ze-Kayaking njengeziqalo zokuqala kanye nokushona kwelanga.
I-pro-tip: Uma i-RSVP uye kwenye yalezi zenzakalo - ezingekho mahhala ngaphandle kwemali yokungena epaki - zizohlinzeka nge-kayaks kanye negiya ozisebenzisayo.
04 ka 05
UMartin Dies Jr. State Park
Ukuhamba kusukela esihlabathini kuya enyakatho, leli paki likahulumeni lingamakhilomitha angu-120 enyakatho-mpumalanga ye Houston eJasper, eTexas. Nakuba izindawo eziningi ezizungeze iHouston zibukeka zifana, leli paki linemibukiso ehlukahlukene yemvelo. Ngokungafani nezindawo eziningi ze-kayaking, okuyizindawo ezinkulu ezivulekile, imigwaqo lapha ehambisana ne-sloughs ne-Neches River. Uzohamba ngesikebhe sakho ngokusebenzisa imigudu yezihlahla ze-Cypress, amapayipi e-lily nama-moss aseSpain. I-alligator noma amabili ingase ibhukude - kodwa ungakhathazeki; akuzona abanobudlova.
Izindawo zokuhlala emanzini ziyatholakala, futhi i-Texas Parks ne-Wildlife inikeza ukuqashiswa ngaphakathi kwepaki okuzokukhokhela ngaphansi kwe-$ 20 / ngosuku - ijacket yokuphila ne-paddle efakiwe.
05 ka 05
I-San Marcos River
Ehamba ngaphesheya komfula, iSan Marcos River ihamba kancane, eqhele ngamakhilomitha angu-145 ngasentshonalanga yeHouston ngaseLuling, eTexas - eningizimu ye-Austin. Futhi eyaziwa ngezimo zayo ezinhle zokubhubhisa, lena yindawo yokufuna amanzi ahlanzekile. Letha i-Kayak yakho bese ubeka ipaki mahhala, noma uqashe edolobheni bese usebenzisa isevisi ye-shuttle. Kunamabala amaningi atholakele ukungena, kodwa labo abafuna i-paddle ehlelekile kakhulu bangabheka i-Luling Zedler Mill Paddling Trail.
Le ndlela yamanzi ayisishiyagalombili izokukhipha amanzi ahlanzekile nangemithi ye-pecan. Into eyodwa okumele uyikhumbule ngale ndawo yilapho kukhona idamu elingaphansi komshini, ngakho izinga lamanzi lingashintsha. Lokhu ngokuvamile kuveza inkinga lapho amazinga ephansi futhi kungase kube khona ingozi yokutshala i-kayak namagatsha angaphansi.