capnmcbarnacle Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Took these last year on the Bayou from 610 to Allen's Landing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Great pics, and a great view that most of us never see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChannelTwoNews Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Neat tour. I've been interested in doing one of the canoe trips along the bayou for some time. Curious as to what it was like in terms of length of time and rental costs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porchman Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Neat tour. I've been interested in doing one of the canoe trips along the bayou for some time. Curious as to what it was like in terms of length of time and rental costs...If here: http://www.buffalobayou.org/canoekayaktrips.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capnmcbarnacle Posted April 3, 2008 Author Share Posted April 3, 2008 Neat tour. I've been interested in doing one of the canoe trips along the bayou for some time. Curious as to what it was like in terms of length of time and rental costs...From 610&Woodway to downtown takes around 4 hours. The first half of that is Memorial Park on the left and River Oaks on the right. You'd never think you were in a city. It's great. I've rented canoes for around $50 a day. It's a good time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jax Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Good stuff! Thanks for posting them. What part of the bayou did you see the gator in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new major on the block Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 I love the shot of the gator! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porchman Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 Good stuff! Thanks for posting them. What part of the bayou did you see the gator in?Based on the sequence of photos and the forestation, it's definitely west of Shepherd. There is a small shoal like this near Bayou Bend Tower, which is a favorite of the gators. It's visble from the deck of Brenner's on the Bayou (former Rainbow Lodge building). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolie Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 This is awesome. I will definitely check out the tours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great Hizzy! Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 My family and friends back in Florida can't believe that there are actually gators in Buffalo Bayou. That shot is outstanding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojeaux131 Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 Seeing that alligator makes me more interested in kayaking in the bayou. Great pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 I'd been bouncing this idea off of another HAIFer, but we always seem to be tied up on good-weather Saturdays.Anybody else interested in possibly making this happen? Then we can put together an armada of kayaks and canoes and go it self-guided. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb320 Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 The Texas Dragon Boat races are on May 3rd. The bayou should be bustling with activity then.http://www.texasdragonboat.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 There are Buffalo Bayou gators? I had no idea. In photo #4, what is the series of black pipes doing there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bachanon Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 i read an article in the past about someone tracing the bayou from way out west and going all the way to the port. they were on foot part of the time (west of the loop).great pics. thank you. i love a new view. it seems almost surreal, like a river was photo shopped with houston buildings in the background. awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Timmy Chan's Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 I'd been bouncing this idea off of another HAIFer, but we always seem to be tied up on good-weather Saturdays.Anybody else interested in possibly making this happen? Then we can put together an armada of kayaks and canoes and go it self-guided.I'd be interested in making the trip! I've always wanted to paddle Buffalo Bayou, and as of a couple weeks ago, I've got a kayak to do it with. I'm not the most skilled paddler, and I don't have a touring kayak, but I'm sure I can make it work. I'm actually tied up for the next few weekends, but I might be able to do something in May...or June. It'll be hot, but what better reason to get on the water, right?!?In photo #4, what is the series of black pipes doing there?I'd guess it's some type of erosion protection...they might be geotubes. Erosion of Buffalo Bayou's banks is a big issue for many property owners along the bayou. Unfortunately, Mother Nature puts up a pretty tough fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houstonian in Iraq Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 I'd been bouncing this idea off of another HAIFer, but we always seem to be tied up on good-weather Saturdays.Anybody else interested in possibly making this happen? Then we can put together an armada of kayaks and canoes and go it self-guided. I've been wanting to do this for ages. Just either wasn't in the country, couldn't convince any of my weeney friends to join me, the weather wasn't right, or had to work when the weather was. I'm in town for the next couple months, so if this ever materializes count me in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kae71463 Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Here is the article from the Houston Press:http://www.houstonpress.com/2006-07-20/news/dark-water/full Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capnmcbarnacle Posted April 7, 2008 Author Share Posted April 7, 2008 Here is the article from the Houston Press:http://www.houstonpress.com/2006-07-20/news/dark-water/fullThe gator photo was taken in Memorial Park on the North bank of the bayou. It is at a point about due south of where the maintenance yard is. It is amazing how wild that section feels. If you think about the fact that ROCC is to the south and the park is to the north, it is about as isolated as you can get inside the loop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Timmy Chan's Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 The gator photo was taken in Memorial Park on the North bank of the bayou. It is at a point about due south of where the maintenance yard is. It is amazing how wild that section feels. If you think about the fact that ROCC is to the south and the park is to the north, it is about as isolated as you can get inside the loop.I've hiked down to the bayou inside Memorial Park, and it's amazing how far it feels from the rest of Houston.There are some great beaches down there too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deut28Thirteen Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 I can't believe that some of those picture were in Houston! The 1st one looks like your in some kind of jungle. very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
20thStDad Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 I've got a mean hankering to do this, soon. Anyone know if the hurricane did any damage or rearrangement (fallen trees and such) that would make it difficult? Canoe trips are fun, but not as much if you have to get out and climb around stuff a few times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Are you the guy in the red hat? Someone needs to give him a lesson on how to hold a paddle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 I've got a mean hankering to do this, soon. Anyone know if the hurricane did any damage or rearrangement (fallen trees and such) that would make it difficult? Canoe trips are fun, but not as much if you have to get out and climb around stuff a few times.I never was able to get that Buffalo Bayou trip put together last year. Things just never lined up the way I needed them too. I actually own a kayak and gear now, though, and I'm thinking that late March or early April would be a good time for a Buffalo Bayou run. By that time the vegetation should be especially lush and attractive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBryant Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 My dad and I paddled a rubber raft down Buffalo Bayou in the mid 80's. I don't remember seeing any alligators; but my god were there snakes - lots and lots of snakes. At one point in our trip, there was a debris jam that completely blocked the bayou. At first, we considered just climbing up and over. That is, until we both spotted a snake that appeared to be about as thick as a man's bicep moving though the jumble of mud and branches. Now, this may have been exaggerated in my then-young mind, but something made my dad drag that raft out of the water and cut through that brushy riverbank.Buffalo Bayou makes me nervous to this day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
photolitherland Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 Wow, I had no idea it was that wild down there. If Id have known Id taken my kayak years ago down there. I always do my kayaking at Anahuac or out in the ship channel cause I love paddling next to those giant oil tankers. I wonder how in the world the bayou managed to escape being cemented in after all these years like the rest of the old rivers did. Glad this one escaped and its crazy to think alligators are swimming through downtown. I love gators and I love kayaking next to em, its gives a great adrenaline rush! But man, theres got to be some nasty shit on the bottom of that creek. Probably dead people, used needles, feet of trash. Yuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 I always do my kayaking at Anahuac or out in the ship channel cause I love paddling next to those giant oil tankers.This is OT, but I've been wanting to try that. Except, all of my relatives are telling me that that's a suicide wish. I've witnessed cases where the wakes of fully-loaded tankers coming into port at a decent clip were so large as to create tsunami effects along upper Galveston Bay (specifically along Morgan's Point), so I consider their criticism valid. But...I'm looking for a reasoned excuse to take the risk.Either that, or just PM me whenever you'd like to have a partner on such a venture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capnmcbarnacle Posted May 28, 2009 Author Share Posted May 28, 2009 Wow, I had no idea it was that wild down there. If Id have known Id taken my kayak years ago down there. I always do my kayaking at Anahuac or out in the ship channel cause I love paddling next to those giant oil tankers. I wonder how in the world the bayou managed to escape being cemented in after all these years like the rest of the old rivers did. Glad this one escaped and its crazy to think alligators are swimming through downtown. I love gators and I love kayaking next to em, its gives a great adrenaline rush! But man, theres got to be some nasty shit on the bottom of that creek. Probably dead people, used needles, feet of trash. Yuck.I have a picture from the late 1960s where they bayou from Shephered to downtown is clear cut. There was a conservation effort to keep it from being cemented in back then and one of the leaders of the effort to keep it wild was none other than GHW Bush. That stretch is now a real asset to the city.The run from 610 to Shepherd is really cool. Basically you have Memorial Park on your left and River Oaks on your right. It feels incredibly isolated. And there are some amazing houses back there. Some people have terraced and landscaped their banks, others let it go wild. You would never guess you were in the middle of the city. The run from Shepherd downtown is good too. And one comment I get from people who go with me for the first time is that the Bayou looks cleaner than they thought it would. Don't get me wrong, there is trash (especially plastic shopping bags) but as long as the current is good it's not all that bad. And four years running we've had people fall in the water and not had a single reported case of Hepatitis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arisegundo Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 Wow, I had no idea it was that wild down there. If Id have known Id taken my kayak years ago down there. I always do my kayaking at Anahuac or out in the ship channel cause I love paddling next to those giant oil tankers.Do you have to get a permit for the Ship Channel like the Houston Press did? Or does that not apply out in the bay?It does sound fun/terrifying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmic08 Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 Wow, I had no idea it was that wild down there. If Id have known Id taken my kayak years ago down there. I always do my kayaking at Anahuac or out in the ship channel cause I love paddling next to those giant oil tankers. I wonder how in the world the bayou managed to escape being cemented in after all these years like the rest of the old rivers did. Glad this one escaped and its crazy to think alligators are swimming through downtown. I love gators and I love kayaking next to em, its gives a great adrenaline rush! But man, theres got to be some nasty shit on the bottom of that creek. Probably dead people, used needles, feet of trash. Yuck. Used needles and dead people Probably so! My company participates in some sort of boating race in the bayou every year...I think every March or April. Anywho, this year it was moved to another location because the bayou was deemed unsafe and too dirty after Ike stirred it up. I've jogged from downtown to Waugh (yes, I'm lazy!) and just thinking about what's in the water gives me the heebie jeebies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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