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Flying to Texas...recommendations?
On 7 Mar 2007 06:41:40 -0800, Jay Honeck wrote:
but the kids want WARM weather -- and so do I. We're presuming that we'll have to fly down to the Gulf coast to hit the really nice weather, Jay, March in Texas is not winter... it's spring here and I'm not kidding when I say that we've be working on our tans for a couple of weeks. The weather has be nothing short of delightful for weeks with severe clear and mid 70's. Now comes the bad news, NOAA is showing a Pacific front moving through over the weekend complete with spring thunderstorms so keep your eye on the weather. If you want a beach vacation you'll have to fly down another 265 nm to South Padre. Any place further up the Gulf Coast you'll find disgusting. The beaches are brown from the Mississippi mud and generally not charming. Avoid Corpus Christi aka the "Redneck Riviera", it's a dump. A picture is worth a thousand words: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ckRivieraE.jpg Something happens at the very tip of Texas that makes much nicer white beaches. The South Padre area will remind you of a poor man's Florida with orange groves, palm trees and condominiums. But, again you're pressing your luck a bit because it will be spring break and just about identical to Fort Lauderdale in insanity. (I personally don't mind 19 year olds in thongs, but the family might not find it so interesting.) If you can rent a car and drive across to Matamoros, Mex you'll find good food and fun... (Assuming nothing has changed since my last visit 12 years ago.) http://springbreak.sopadre.com/ All I can say is keep your eye on the weather and best of luck. Dallas |
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Flying to Texas...recommendations?
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"Jay Honeck" wrote: Any other Gulf coast destination recommendations? Houston... NASA & Mission Control If you have to divert west for weather, Carlsbad Caverns, NM Conferate Air Force HQ (or whatever its called now) Hondo TX (?) Mooney Plant, Kerrville TX |
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Flying to Texas...recommendations?
On the way down you might stop at Midland and see the CAF. The FBO in MAF
is great. |
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Flying to Texas...recommendations?
Houston... NASA & Mission Control
If you have to divert west for weather, Carlsbad Caverns, NM Conferate Air Force HQ (or whatever its called now) Hondo TX (?) Mooney Plant, Kerrville TX We flew the kids to Carlsbad Caverns a couple of years ago -- it's definitely worth the flight. In fact, it's one of those places to "See before you die...". I'd like the see the Confederate Air Force HQ, and check out how "Fifi" is doing... -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Flying to Texas...recommendations?
john smith wrote:
In article .com, "Jay Honeck" wrote: Any other Gulf coast destination recommendations? Houston... NASA & Mission Control If you have to divert west for weather, Carlsbad Caverns, NM Conferate Air Force HQ (or whatever its called now) Hondo TX (?) Mooney Plant, Kerrville TX Isn't the CAF at Midland, TX. Hondo is now the home of the Southwest Regional Flyin. -- Regards, Ross C-172F 180HP KSWI |
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Flying to Texas...recommendations?
Jay Honeck wrote:
San Antonio is nice, and we have friends to visit there, but I'm looking for alternate suggestions. It sounds like you've been to SA before, and you may get in trouble with the kids for inadvertently exposing them to something educational while on break, but the Alamo is an interesting place to visit. It was interesting in at least two ways to me: first, because it was the site of a battle, and second, because of people's reactions to it. When I was there, I noticed that the visitors seemed to fall into two broad categories. One group was reading all of the displays, taking photos, discussing the history with each other, etc: the "tourists". The other group took off their hats as soon as they came in the door, moved around silently, and generally acted like they were in church: the "native Texans". Any other Gulf coast destination recommendations? My grandparents spent many winters in the Harlingen/Pharr area and we visited them over Christmas once. We left Missouri with snow and ice on the ground, and arrived in Harlingen to 65 degrees and grandparents who were apologizing for how cold it was. This was about 20 years ago, but I remember that we went over to the beach on South Padre Island and it was quite nice. We flew commercial, so I don't know about the airports in the area. Matt Roberds |
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Flying to Texas...recommendations?
San Antonio is nice, and we have friends to visit there, but I'm
looking for alternate suggestions. We'll be at the mercy of late winter weather, so being flexible will be our best defense! Any other Gulf coast destination recommendations? -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" Have you checked with MX? Maybe he'll let you borrow his sim for a dry run. Tony (just trying to be helpful -- Tony Roberts PP-ASEL VFR OTT Night Cessna 172H C-GICE |
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Flying to Texas...recommendations?
Have you checked with MX?
Maybe he'll let you borrow his sim for a dry run. Got my own, thanks. http://alexisparkinn.com/flight_simulator.htm -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Flying to Texas...recommendations?
On 2007-03-07, Jay Honeck wrote:
We're hoping to depart for Fredericksburg, Texas (T82) next Sunday, to pay a visit to the Hangar Hotel -- the only other aviation themed hotel in the country (that we know of). Fredericksburg is a nice town. I went to that field a few years ago (with my bike in the back of the C172). Other destinations you should visit: Go to Corpus Christi Intl. and visit the USS Lexington. That's a very good day out. If you want to go to the beach, Mustang Beach is just up from Corpus, and the beach is perhaps three minutes walk from the airfield. (The airfield didn't have fuel last time I went there, but it's pretty close to Corpus). Fly into LaPorte near Houston and visit the Battleship Texas - another good day out, and you can also sit on the AA guns and pretend to shoot down passing aircraft :-) You can go right down into the bottom of the engine room, too. Also, the Johnson Space Center. Houston Gulf used to be the airport to visit from this but it suffered the same fate as many private airfields - now covered in tract housing. Galveston Scholes has the Lone Star Flight Museum on the airfield. Most of the planes aren't static displays, but flying examples. They also have a Hustler there that was involved in the Cuban Missile Crisis IIRC (it had been set up for photographic reconnaisance and was nicknamed 'Peeping Tom'). Also, the Moody Gardens are well worth a visit if you have the time. If it's IMC, you can tell when you're at the outer marker - just wait for the foul smell of the Texas City oil refineries! Good lunch stops - Victoria (Leo's Food Lot, traditional big lumps of meat steak house, walking distance from the airfield), Weiser airpark (Carl's BBQ, on the airfield), Brazoria County (food available on the airfield), Brenham (a very good '50s diner, complete with waitresses in poodle skirts and apple crumble to die for). -- Yes, the Reply-To email address is valid. Oolite-Linux: an Elite tribute: http://oolite-linux.berlios.de |
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Flying to Texas...recommendations?
On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:33:41 -0000, Dylan Smith
wrote: Also, the Johnson Space Center. Houston Gulf used to be the airport to visit from this but it suffered the same fate as many private airfields - now covered in tract housing. Although Houston Gulf was probably closer, Ellington is probably the closest these days... Technically, there's probably enough room on the empty fields around NASA to land there and there's even a bit of pavement where they supposedly tested rocket engines many years ago that probably is long enough to land on... There's a tower at one end of it... They probably won't be all that receptive to you landing there... For some reason, security personnel don't seem to be issued senses of humor... |
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