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LeftInTX

(33,132 posts)
7. It's a very popular area. It's also quite large.
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 12:25 AM
Jul 6

My son worked at a camp for disabled children from 2002-2004.
They had flooding.

Most of these camps are pretty rustic.

We have stayed at air bnb's along the river four times since 2017.

My son and his wife have an RV and they camp along another river near Uvalde every month or so.

Keep in mind summers are very hot. There aren't other outdoor activities that will keep you cool. We swim and tube in these rivers. They're the source of water recreation.

It isn't greed. It's literally demand for outdoor water activities.

The area extends 100 miles north. 150 miles west
100 miles south.

If a camp is not on water, no one will attend.

The Guadalupe is probably the most popular river, but there is also the Frio, Llano, Medina, Blanco, San Marcos, Colorado, San Saba, and parts of the Nueces. Camping along these rivers is very popular. The weather along these rivers are all pretty much the same.

Google: Edward's Plateau

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/Edwards_Plateau_Savannas_map.svg





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I lived in San Antonio at the time and that was the first thing I thought of. tanyev Jul 5 #1
Don't understand rebuilding either, but it happens after most similar disaster. Admittedly, it's a very pretty area and Silent Type Jul 5 #2
I think it's flat right there. Or relatively to the river. Melon Jul 5 #4
We've camped at Hunt and it seems that way. LeftInTX Jul 6 #10
For the love of money. Baitball Blogger Jul 5 #3
I was gonna say ... bet the land there is cheap. nt eppur_se_muova Jul 6 #5
Nope. It's where people go to cool off around here. LeftInTX Jul 6 #9
Stupid is as stupid does. Baitball Blogger Jul 6 #13
Welcome to Texas. When I here in '99, I saw a guy who'd been flooded out near San Marcos, ... marble falls Jul 6 #6
It's a very popular area. It's also quite large. LeftInTX Jul 6 #7
Thank you for the well-written response. callous taoboy Jul 6 #15
I drove over the I 10 bridge at Comfort today LeftInTX Jul 7 #18
I did, too callous taoboy Jul 7 #22
I've been in Texas 50 years without ever going to a camp Skittles Jul 7 #19
They probably called it a 500 year flood, like they're doing now, and figured it wouldn't happen again for 500 years. SunSeeker Jul 6 #8
Thats cuz that global warmin' nonsense you lib'rals peddling ain't nothing but a scam. (SARCASM). Any discussion of artemisia1 Jul 6 #11
CNN was interviewing a Texan wearing a MAGA hat as he described witnessing a swift water rescue of a woman from a tree. SunSeeker Jul 6 #12
that is just so pathetic Skittles Jul 7 #20
The G.O.P. lies about climate change are flat-out EVIL BoRaGard Jul 6 #14
Memories are short and it was 40 years ago. ananda Jul 6 #16
The event was different LeftInTX Jul 7 #17
For the same reason why B.See Jul 7 #21
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