Clear Creek Trip Report, 12/19/04
by Rick Brunson
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On a beautiful sunny and warm Sunday afternoon, six boats representing the Houston Canoe Club traveled down 7 twisting miles of Clear Creek near Friendswood. Club members Ken Anderson, John and Anne Olden and Alex Brunson paddled with visitors Jon Pafford, Rick and Jack Stafford on this trip that Rick Brunson organized in his own backyard.
The group put in on the heavily wooded shores of Friendswood’s 1776 Memorial park near FM 2351 and took out at the canoe launch site of League City’s Countryside Park near Bay Area Boulevard. The three-hour float passed through several public and private parks with hardly any sounds other that call from owls, woodpeckers and fellow paddlers.
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Sights included a Great Blue Heron, a Red-Headed Woodpecker, a “Water Turkey”, an old chimney, several luxurious homes, two Shetland Ponies and a water treatment plant (well, at least it made a nice mini-waterfall!).
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Congratulations to John and Anne Olden who were able to reach HCC’s 100-miler status during this trip!