PADDLING TRAIL, 2: If you like canoeing or kayaking ... we 
know a new place to put-in ... and take-out ... we'll explain 
on Passport to Texas.
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Passport to Texas from Texas Parks and Wildlife

A growing interest in canoeing and kayaking was the 
impetus for the Luling Paddling Trail, along six miles of 
the San Marcos River.

Well, we've noticed that over the years people are looking 
towards water recreation more and more, and they like to get 
out into less crowded areas and be able to enjoy nature as 
they're paddling along. But they don't know where to go. So by 
developing these paddling trails, it gives people a destination in 
mind that they can get there, and they know that where they're 
going is safe and completely legal. :21

Melissa Parker is River Conservation Coordinator for 
Texas Parks and Wildlife. In time, the historic Zedler Mill 
on the banks of the river will be restored, and a park will 
develop around it for use by paddlers and other visitors.

They're trying to restore the old Zedler Mill, and eventually they 
hope to have little shops and maybe a little restaurant, and bed 
and breakfast, and that kind of thing. They're in the money 
gathering phase right now, but they've just got a really neat 
concept for the restoration of that place. You know, that will be 
coming along, but in the meantime, the take out will still be at 
that Zedler Mill, so people will get an appreciation for the 
historic value of it. 24

The Luling Paddling Trail opens in April and will host its 
first major event - the second annual Zedler's Mill Classic 
river race - April 22. 

For more information, visit the Texas Parks and Wildlife 
Web site.

That's our show for today. For Texas Parks and 
Wildlife ... I'm Cecilia Nasti.