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We are in the heart of the spring paddling season. The days are warm and long, and the nights are refreshingly cool. It is one of the best seasons to be outdooors in Texas.
Unfortunately my back surgery will keep me from paddling until late June, so I can only sit on the sidelines while the rest of the club members get to go boating. I am acutely aware that I have missed, am missing, and will miss some great spring camping trips, whitewater trips, and day trips.
The Houston Canoe Club has an active, varied and comprehensive trip schedule. There is truly something for everyone and I believe that the trips are the heart of the club. We still have May and June left before the summer heat arrives in earnest, and there are plenty of good trips scheduled for those next two months. I know that it's easy to make excuses for not taking the time or making the effort, small as it is, to go on one of the club trips, I've made them myself in the past, although I never went as far as a ruptured disc before. However, I don't remember a trip where I was sorry afterwards that I did take the time and make the effort, and I don't think you will be sorry either.
The Houston Canoe Club can lead you to water, but it can't make you paddle; you have to do that yourself. So make a plan, take the time, get on out and don't pass up this beautiful season. I have to miss it, but you do not.
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