KAYAK | CANOE | PARKS: There's still time to achieve your 
New Year resolutions ... we explain on Passport to Texas.

This is Passport to Texas

Just because the year's half over, that doesn't mean it's 
too late to make good on your New Year resolutions; 
especially the one where you said you would learn a new 
outdoor activity like canoeing or kayaking. 
 
04 -- A lot of state parks offer paddling 101 workshops.

See? It's your lucky day. Rob Owen is a member of the 
Texas Outdoor Family and Texas Outdoor Education team. 

12 -- These [101 workshops] will be an opportunity to come out 
to a park and learn from a ranger, briefly, about safety and some 
paddling strokes and having an opportunity just to use some 
equipment that otherwise you might not have regular access to.

Talk about removing barriers to your success. And, if you 
use good judgment on the water - Rob says you can 
forego the workshop altogether.

14 -- Oftentimes, paddling skills are developed just through 
experience. If you take the opportunity to be safe, and think 
ahead about your plan, and where you want to paddle - and 
match your skill to the body of water you want to paddle on - 
then you really can start from scratch.

Good-bye excuses, hello good times paddling in Texas 
state parks. Just log onto the Texas Parks and Wildlife 
website to find the next paddling 101 workshop, or where 
you can rent paddling gear.

That's our show for today. .. Funding provided in part by 
Ram Trucks. Guts. Glory. Ram

For Texas Parks and Wildlife, I'm Cecilia Nasti.






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