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1. In March, 1983 the pool sessions moved to the YWCA on Waugh from
the
Dad's Club where they had begun the month before. Now after 22
continuous years
the pool sessions are back at the Dad's Club where they are being held
second
and fourth Mondays. Although they are now administered by the Bayou
City
Whitewater Club, the HCC helps to sponsor them. Over those many years
lots people
have given their time and efffort to keep this valuable paddling
resource going.
So give Christy Long, the current pool honcho a pat on the back the
next time
you see her, and come to the pool to practice skills in a safe
controlled
environment.
2. On the trip schedule in March, 1983 was an Easter weekend trip to
the
Pecos led by Lewis Massingill. That's 59 miles in three days with the
rapids, the
flutes, the wind and the lake. It is usually done in a full week. I
have
heard that members who did it in three days remember it well and have
strong
feelings about it. Perhaps HCC members were tougher in those days, or
something. I
heard of a Pecos trip where an HCC member wrapped his fiberglass canoe
around
a rock and tore it badly. They punched holes in it, sewed it back
together
with twine and paddled it out. Typical trip.
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