That would make me ill if I were never able to canoe the Devils again. If Bakers Crossing is purchased, that will pretty much end public access for the whole river. The beauty of that river cannot be explained, you just have to float it to understand. On any given day we catch 100 fish each (catch and release). When you float over 20 ft. deep holes and look under your canoe, you are greeted by 100's of guadalupe bass, largemouth, small mouth, carp, gar, texas cichlids, and zillions of catfish. It looks like a giant aquarium. The water is tap water clear.
When you float down through some of the canyons, ice cold water pours out of the walls. It's the best drinking water anywhere if you ask me. I usually carry extra 3 ltr. empty bottles and fill them there to take home. There are pictographs of the indians that used to live there and I would assume an alterna eden.
Every time we go out however, we are reminded not to get out on the ranchers property. Although it seems kind of an#l to worry about some one stepping on 1 foot of your property; one only has to travel to the Nueces River overpass 10 miles South of Uvalde, Texas on Hwy 83 to understand why. People are real dip$hits. That beautiful river looks like a dang trash dump with dirty Diapers, broken beer bottles, beer cans and any other trash you can think of strewn about the river banks and in the river itself. If they end public access it would be a real loss but in a way given people's tendancy towards "dumba$$ness" it would be understandable..J
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Snakes of Hudspeth County, Texas
