Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Boat Ride


Moving down 10 Mile Creek off the Neches River
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Thirsty


You can get thirsty traveling down the Neches in the sun.
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Monday, July 27, 2009

Playtime

Playing on the Cardinal
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Saturday, July 25, 2009

Cardinal Home



Home of the Cardinal river boat on the Neches River
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Friday, July 24, 2009

Summer Paddler

 
Jennifer paddles down Village Creek.

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Music on the River

 
David Ellison joins the dulcimers aboard the Cardinal to entertain passengers on a public cruise Saturday morning.

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Cooling in the Creek

 
Paddlers cool off in Village Creek after a morning of paddling.

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Mr. Fuzzy

 
This fuzzy caterpillar explores the moss on a cypress knee in Cooks Lake off the Neches River

Monday, July 20, 2009

Mountain Dulcimer

 
Barry Evans entertains passengers aboard the Cardinal with his mountain dulcimer.

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Kayak Down the Bank

 
Debbie takes her kayak down the bank into Village Creek for a summer paddle.

Friday, July 17, 2009

Hurricane Help


Youth from across the United States have been coming to the Beaumont area to help with the reconstruction of houses from the hurricanes. This group is from Grove City, Ohio, enjoying a trip on the Cardinal Neches River Adventures boat.

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Isn't She Cute



Isn't she cute...

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Dragon Fly



Don't recognize Liza Cowart's hand? ...perhaps you can tell she is holding a Dragon Fly.

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Tejas

Famous local artist and self-professed river rat, Tejas, starts in from of Dam B to make his way down the Neches River.

Monday, July 13, 2009

Paddling with the Alligators



An alligator just made a huge splash behind them...

Toro Bayou

Toro Bayou provide some excellent paddling just across the Texas border in Louisiana.

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Bird

Can you identify this bird?

Saturday, July 11, 2009

Swamp Flower

Some people call them spider lilies when seen in our cypress/tupelo swamps.

Friday, July 10, 2009

Home-Made Raft

This spider is riding a leaf floating in the back of a small cut in Ten Mile Creek off the Neches River.

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Captain Debbie


Captain Debbie Loftus pilots the Cardinal river boat down the Neches River.

Cypress Frame

 
Steve Buser on the Neches River Cardinal saw this cypress tree framing a unique vision on the Neches River.

Great Egret

You can identify this Egret as a Great Egret because of its black legs and yellow beak.  This bird was looking for fish along the Neches River.

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Ten Mile Creek

Wilderness area such as this one can be seen just north of Beaumont, Texas in Ten Mile Creek. This area was donated by the Conservation Fund to the Big Thicket in 2009.

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Bald Eagle

It's not often that we see Bald Eagles in Beaumont, Texas, but this one was seen on a Cardinal Neches River tour. It was sitting in a tree just north of Colliers Ferry Park.

Monday, July 6, 2009

You know that summer has arrived when you find children playing along Village Creek outside of Silsbee, Texas.

Sunday, July 5, 2009

Storks Come to Roost














You don't think of Wood Storks in Beaumont, yet these birds were just north of the Beaumont Salt Water Barrier in a back tributary of a cypress-tupelo forest.

Beaumont, Texas Lift Bridge

This lift bridge in Downtown Beaumont, Texas is one of the few remaining lift bridges in the United States.  It has the largest span (205') of any of the remaining bridges, but cannot be raised high enough to accomodate some of the large ships of today. More than 50 trains each week pass over this bridge, many of them supporting the Port of Beaumont that claims the position of second largest port in the United States for military cargo.