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Date Posted: 06:01:58 05/19/03 Mon
Author: The Dog
Author Host/IP: pppta06-132.ght.iadfw.net / 207.136.53.132
Subject: Re: Bird Island Camping
In reply to: Capt.Goober 's message, "Re: Bird Island Camping" on 15:29:37 05/18/03 Sun

I can describe what we've paddled/sailed...

Mostly the east shore (or perhaps better said, the Laguna Madre side of the island) is mostly non-marsh. I hesitate to call it beach because the dune grasses grow right to the waters edge in must places. You can pull up to shore just about anywhere along there, but the growth is pretty thick in some places. There are some areas that look like tidal flats, but are actually just places where rainfall collects.

btw: I asked some Corpus locals and they say it's currently not very busy at Bird Island. That will change over the Memorial Day weekend since it is a holiday and the time frame for the US Open/Velocity Games (a national windsurfing race among other things).

Dog

>Dog, could you please describe for me the east
>shoreline of the Laguna Madre? When we were at PINS a
>few years ago, we didn't even see it. I mean, can you
>canoe down the east side of the Laguna Madre and land
>on beach, or is it marsh, or both, or what. I actually
>have marine charts of this area, but they are pretty
>poor. Thanks.

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Re: Bird Island Camping -- Capt.Goober, 13:02:43 05/20/03 Tue
- Re: Bird Island Camping -- The Dog, 21:07:28 05/20/03 Tue