Christmas Bay, Galveston Kayak Paddle
Christmas Bay is a large enclosed area south of Houston and southwest of the Galveston Island area. There is a Texas Parks and Wildlife Division paddling trail here (on the TPWD website), but the route above is a bit different. The launch used is labeled ‘Kayak Launch’ on Google, and is just off the 257 Bluewater Highway. The route goes northeast, through Churchill Bayou, tracks west, and finally follows the northwest shore back down towards the launch. A short detour was taken at the end to watch the big boats grind along the Intracoastal Waterway. In some spots the bay is quite shallow and people can be standing and fishing way out in what looks like deep water. Some of those spots are shallow shell reefs and they can scratch a boat up pretty good. After the trip I was left with a pretty strong ‘on the water’ motion feeling. The mosquitos along the shoreline were terrible.
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Launch Site Google Maps Link
Above: This makes it look like it’s way out in the ocean with no land in sight. Which is not true.
Above: These are sharp.
Above: I gave a blood donation at this exact spot, to the mosquitoes.
Above: The kayak launch on Christmas Bay. A few other guys in fishing kayaks were there as well.
