monarch Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 ^^^ brilliant and magical! everyone of our HAIF photographers ROCK! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astros148 Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 could you bike from downtown to lost lake? i tried doing it months ago and part of it was closed so it wasnt possible.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 could you bike from downtown to lost lake? i tried doing it months ago and part of it was closed so it wasnt possible.. It's all open! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 (edited) I was amazed at the water works. That huge green space and you can observe the skate park. The view of downtown from here is great.Gotta wonder if coh is going to try and get something like the x-games. Edited October 4, 2015 by samagon 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativehoustonion Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 I agree, being a native I have never seen Houston so vibrant. Beautiful parks, bike trails, the best restaurants in the country. I'm so mad because I had to work yesterday. Today Washington Ave. will be closed for Walk Houston. So I will ride my bike everywhere and intake everything! I'm so proud of our city and thanks for the pictures. Incredible job hindesky! Let me just start off by saying, I think we need to remember this month, October of 2015. I truly believe it marks the start of a new future for this city, especially the inner-loop. No longer is this city only functional... no longer is it just a business climate where one goes to work, drives in congestion all day and then goes home. I feel like we have taken this city to the next level, as we not only saw with the grand opening of the River Oaks District but also with the opening of the complete makeover of the Buffalo Bayou. I biked around all day today and I realized that I feel like I live in a different city than even 5 years ago, though I have lived here all my life. There have been so many talked about restaurants opening up, so many places to go and see now. With seeing all this residential development around me, who gives a f*** about this oil drop. I truly believe there is no going back now.... call it whatever you want... the Austinization of Houston... I don't care. Even the little thing I saw today like the kayak and canoe docking area, reminding me so much of Barton Springs in Austin. I go to so many festivals now and events that simply did not exist 5 years ago, and some of them occur in areas such as the East End or in the warehouses near Sawyer that would have never happened just a few years ago. Pat yourself on the back Houston, we've gotten there. Buffalo Bayou by Marc longoria, on Flickr Buffalo Bayou by Marc longoria, on Flickr Buffalo Bayou by Marc longoria, on Flickr Buffalo Bayou by Marc longoria, on Flickr Buffalo Bayou by Marc longoria, on Flickr Buffalo Bayou by Marc longoria, on Flickr Buffalo Bayou by Marc longoria, on Flickr Buffalo Bayou by Marc longoria, on Flickr Buffalo Bayou by Marc longoria, on Flickr Buffalo Bayou by Marc longoria, on Flickr Buffalo Bayou by Marc longoria, on Flickr Buffalo Bayou by Marc longoria, on Flickr 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigereye Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 (edited) Walked most of Buffalo Bayou Park yesterday. Almost 11 miles & 27,000 steps. I was really impressed with end result. In fact, it's like Houston's version of Central Park, DF's Chapultepec Park or Tokyo's Imperial Gardens. It feels like it has everything to suit everyone or any event. Just really great urban park! Some pis I took from yesterday Eleanor Tinsley Parkhttps://twitter.com/thachadwick/status/650404552433266689Kayaking shot with skyline. https://twitter.com/thachadwick/status/650417726373040128Some woodsy parts of Kinder Trailhttps://twitter.com/thachadwick/status/650428173167935488Lost Lake https://twitter.com/thachadwick/status/650434733256536068Another skyline shot by HPD Memorialhttps://twitter.com/thachadwick/status/650442636801667072 Edited October 4, 2015 by tigereye 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brijonmang Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 I guess I'll add some of my photos from yesterday. Had a great time walking all over the place with my daughter taking in all the sights. See if you can tell who the local celebrity was we ran into at Lost Lake.... She was actually incredibly nice and down to earth in person 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naviguessor Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 ...and the color of the water this weekend? It's Green. Nowhere near muddy. Or "poopy". 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astros148 Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 youre looking at the water of lost lake lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naviguessor Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 No. I just spent two hours in a kayak. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmitch94 Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 And she is? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate4l1f3 Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 Im guessing Dominique Sacshe 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astros148 Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 guess everyone is a celeb nowadays Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brijonmang Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Im guessing Dominique Sacshe Correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregpet Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 ...and the color of the water this weekend? It's Green. Nowhere near muddy. Or "poopy".Totally agree. We live in North Montrose and are at the Bayou every weekend. The water looks green as much as brown. I'm assuming it is based upon current lighting conditions but just generalizing that it is always brown just isn't correct (not that there is anything wrong with brown!)... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Tritan get out of my head!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What you posted is exactly how i would have worded my post! You really are awesome and what you said was right on...this weekend was just amazing...i took the sunroof off my jeep and drove all over our beautiful city...friday night to ROD, then Saturday all over town for a photoshoot in the morning, then the bayou event saturday late afternoon until the awesome fireworks, then sunday discovery green in the morning and then later afternoon laid on the lawn of midtown park and enjoyed Rico's-Morning-Noon-Night .,,it was an absolutely beautiful weekend in our beautiful city and man i felt lucky to live here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 all you people who don't like the water color, NEVER, ever go to the Rhine valley in west Germany, or the Netherlands. Don't get me wrong, it's a wonderful place, lots of castles and history, beautiful scenery. However... the water is brown. Maybe skip the trip to NYC, dat hudson doe. New Orleans? I can't think of a browner river. Well, maybe the Amazon, or the Nile, or the Yellow river (which is brown). You need to go up to Colorado, or into the Alps, or other limestone mountain ranges to see other colors, but then instead of brown silt suspended in the river, it's greenish, and just because you can see to the bottom it doesn't mean that there isn't all sorts of stuff suspended in it that you can't see. Don't forget the red river, that has lots of red clay silt hanging around. Personally, I'll take the brown of buffalo bayou over whatever is in the hudson any day, but there are more visitors to NYC than Houston, so disgusting water as an argument really falls on its face. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brijonmang Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 all you people who don't like the water color, NEVER, ever go to the Rhine valley in west Germany, or the Netherlands. Don't get me wrong, it's a wonderful place, lots of castles and history, beautiful scenery. However... the water is brown. Maybe skip the trip to NYC, dat hudson doe. New Orleans? I can't think of a browner river. Well, maybe the Amazon, or the Nile, or the Yellow river (which is brown). You need to go up to Colorado, or into the Alps, or other limestone mountain ranges to see other colors, but then instead of brown silt suspended in the river, it's greenish, and just because you can see to the bottom it doesn't mean that there isn't all sorts of stuff suspended in it that you can't see. Don't forget the red river, that has lots of red clay silt hanging around. Personally, I'll take the brown of buffalo bayou over whatever is in the hudson any day, but there are more visitors to NYC than Houston, so disgusting water as an argument really falls on its face. FIFY 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skooljunkie Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 I'm no tributary expert, but I assume the water color has to do with flow volume and sediment. There hasn't been measurable rainfall for a while so the water is still and the sediment settles. This weekend, most Texas rivers and bayous are greener/bluer than usual. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enriquewx91 Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Incredible job hindesky! Let me just start off by saying, I think we need to remember this month, October of 2015. I truly believe it marks the start of a new future for this city, especially the inner-loop. No longer is this city only functional... no longer is it just a business climate where one goes to work, drives in congestion all day and then goes home. I feel like we have taken this city to the next level, as we not only saw with the grand opening of the River Oaks District but also with the opening of the complete makeover of the Buffalo Bayou. I biked around all day today and I realized that I feel like I live in a different city than even 5 years ago, though I have lived here all my life. There have been so many talked about restaurants opening up, so many places to go and see now. With seeing all this residential development around me, who gives a f*** about this oil drop. I truly believe there is no going back now.... call it whatever you want... the Austinization of Houston... I don't care. Even the little thing I saw today like the kayak and canoe docking area, reminding me so much of Barton Springs in Austin. I go to so many festivals now and events that simply did not exist 5 years ago, and some of them occur in areas such as the East End or in the warehouses near Sawyer that would have never happened just a few years ago. Pat yourself on the back Houston, we've gotten there. Buffalo Bayou by Marc longoria, on Flickr Buffalo Bayou by Marc longoria, on Flickr Buffalo Bayou by Marc longoria, on Flickr Buffalo Bayou by Marc longoria, on Flickr Buffalo Bayou by Marc longoria, on Flickr Buffalo Bayou by Marc longoria, on Flickr Buffalo Bayou by Marc longoria, on Flickr Buffalo Bayou by Marc longoria, on Flickr Buffalo Bayou by Marc longoria, on Flickr Buffalo Bayou by Marc longoria, on Flickr Buffalo Bayou by Marc longoria, on Flickr Buffalo Bayou by Marc longoria, on Flickr I agree! I was in Houston over the weekend and man does it feel so much more different than even a year ago before I left. The city has life something that lacked while I grew up in Houston. I'm back in Ann Arbor now but I cant wait to go back later this year and eventually go back for good! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUCAJUN Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Where is an ideal place to park if you're driving in from the west side? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Where is an ideal place to park if you're driving in from the west side? there's a parking lot here:https://www.google.com/maps/@29.7626536,-95.3741183,18.54z I've never had an issue parking here at any time, and there's a path that goes down to the park. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 there's a parking lot here:https://www.google.com/maps/@29.7626536,-95.3741183,18.54z I've never had an issue parking here at any time, and there's a path that goes down to the park. Perfect spot. Was going to recommend that too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate4l1f3 Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Perfect spot. Was going to recommend that too.Always thought this was a pay lot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 Always thought this was a pay lot?Ha, if it is, I've never paid and I've been parking there for 6 years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post scarface Posted October 6, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted October 6, 2015 I gotta admit, I walked the park (excluding lost lake area) to over off Sabine on Sunday Afternoon and it was a gorgeous day. I saw quite a few people out enjoying the park and walking the trails. I walked at least 3 miles one way and 3 miles back and even went in the skate park area and conversed with a few people there in friendly conversation. It felt like a sense of place. I even took some photo shots with my crappy camera phone, but the photos above put mine to shame. I thought about some of the things that some posters said on here and I willingly admit that maybe I'm trained to think that water is supposed to be a certain way. Houston looked breathtakingly gorgeous. From the way the afternoon sun hit the skyline, the pedestrian bridges, blue skies, and the bayou. Although the bayou still reminded me of the chocolate river from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate factory , I have to say that some of the comments here has shifted my mind to be more flexible to appreciate and find the beauty in the bayou for what it is. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 I'll make one final comment about the colors of rivers, mainly cause it's cool to see, and you don't have to go far to see it. rivers of different colors mixing into one, new color as the river continues downstream. go to the confluence of white oak and buffalo. white oak is much darker, and buffalo is much lighter, but the confluence and eddy currents are neat to watch. if you want to see it in full effect (quicker currents), go to Koblenz, Germany. This is the confluence of the Moselle and Rhine, there's an old military installation you can go to on top of a hill to the east of town, and look down upon the confluence of these two rivers from a few hundred feet. It's very impressive. Additionally, there's a statue on the point of the two rivers, and you can look out from there too. Really worth the stop, if you're in that area of Germany anyway. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 koblenz germany is my most favorite place i have ever been in my life!!! i bought an amazing cuckoo clock there handmade at a little quaint shop then did the dinner cruise along the rhine river alongside castles all lit up with torches as the sun was setting...omg it was just incredible... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunstar Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 One crazy thought, since the Bayous span out all over Houston, would it be conceivable to start using them as a means of transportation via water taxis? I think it would be cool to jump on a taxi downtown and ride it out to the Galleria, although you'd have to use some other form of transportation to take you where you need to go. Some considerations: 1. Are the bayous navigable throughout Houston?2. Would the "commute" time be reasonable compared to other available forms of transportation (my guess is no)?3. Would it be cost efficient? I wouldn't consider this to be a major transportation option, but would it be reasonable to have a small fleet running throughout the week? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 There is generally not enough water in the bayous to make this feasible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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