VALENTINE SINGLES: Discovering a lasting love in the outdoors ... details ahead on Passport to Texas _________________________________________________________ Passport to Texas from Texas Parks and Wildlife Valentine's Day can be a let down for singles. However, if you're an outdoor enthusiast, when you do connect with a kindred spirit ... what happens after that ... is up to nature. There is a certain bond with people who appreciate a bird ... or a fish ... or a tree ... or a flower ... or the sky ... or a river ... or the mountains or the oceans that bring deepness to relationships. :18 Kathleen Menke, founder of the Outdoor Singles Network, says nature creates a powerful bond between two people. It's probably one of the strongest bonds I know of that bring people together and hold people together over a lifetime. If there is that common love and common shared activity, then that really helps to hold things together. :14 The Outdoors Singles Network is one of many organizations that serve as an online community where outdoor singles can find one another. Nature feeds our souls. It is what we are made of, it's what we're connected to, and it brings to relationships a broader outlook ... a strength and a sensitivity and a kind of tenderness and love that you might not find anywhere else. :18 For more links to outdoors singles organizations visit passporttotexas.org. That's our show ... with research and writing help from Alanna Jones... For Texas Parks and Wildlife ... I'm Cecilia Nasti.