Windsurfing
I was wondering how many fellow RV’rs and rv.net enthusiasts also have the windsurfing bug? I would be interested in hearing about, and seeing (pics) of, places you have been and how you outfit your ...
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Have enjoyed reading this. We live in Corpus Christi, but are not windsailors. We do enjoy seeing those who do (more to watch than the sailboat races as to "action").
The weather cools off after Christmas, genuinely. "Winter" is about 10-days to 2-weeks in January, usually over by 5 February (every year being different in some way). From then until April the weather here in the City (we live on the Bay just a few miles from downtown) is good enough to live with the windows open day & night; no gas or electricity use for heating/cooling those few months (again, with exceptions).
I posted to speak of the winds. Constant 15-25 mph winds are the expected norm, with gusts to 40+ in the winter/early spring. Our elderly neighbors often don't leave the house on the worst days for fear of falling. There are days with higher winds/gusts so those with tall RV's ought to check the days they intend to travel. A constant 35-mph crosswind when traveling south of here on US-77 or US-281 tends to "tip" the RV up on the opposite-side suspension. I once drove a truck/trailer combo over to Laredo (150-miles) and almost didn't make it back (fuel) due to that headwind (at 50-mph I was driving into the wind-pressure equivalent of doing 85-90 mph).
The breeze is constant year-round, but in August/September expect it to be at it's lowest (when temps are highest). Temps above 95F are not that common (except this year), and with the humidity expect to take precautions. Drought is an unfortunate common occurrence. The worst temps are mid-July through the end of August (today, the Labor Day weekend is noticeably cooler at night).
Unlike North and Central Texas we cool off here immediately as the sun goes down.
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We did have a huge (unsailable) storm blow in on Thursday. May is getting into tornado season so you have to be mindful.
Hurricane season starts June 1st and runs through November 30th. Old-timers tell us that the "threat" diminishes in the western Gulf about a month earlier than that (though with climate change many bets are off).
The City of Corpus Christi has an excellent site on hurricane preparations for those interested.
There is no serious tornado threat here unlike with Central and Northern Texas. Those areas experience the bulk of their annual rainfall April-June, whereas down here the rains are September-October.
Let me recommend to any of you a local favorite restaurant (with which I have no connection): Snoopy's Pier. Bring cash. Eat outdoors overlooking the ICW (Intercoastal Waterway) near dusk. Inexpensive, we take the discerning and non-discerning. All enjoy it. Just past the bridge as you hit the Island.
As to groceries, the (super) HEB on Waldron Road in Flour Bluff just before you take the causeway to the Island; has tons of parking and nearly every supply. For you non-Texans South Texas is the home of beef in quantities, cuts and prices you might not have ever seen. Bring the smoker (if you can protect it from the wind). (If you're serious: Moody's Meat).
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The weather cools off after Christmas, genuinely. "Winter" is about 10-days to 2-weeks in January, usually over by 5 February (every year being different in some way). From then until April the weather here in the City (we live on the Bay just a few miles from downtown) is good enough to live with the windows open day & night; no gas or electricity use for heating/cooling those few months (again, with exceptions).
I posted to speak of the winds. Constant 15-25 mph winds are the expected norm, with gusts to 40+ in the winter/early spring. Our elderly neighbors often don't leave the house on the worst days for fear of falling. There are days with higher winds/gusts so those with tall RV's ought to check the days they intend to travel. A constant 35-mph crosswind when traveling south of here on US-77 or US-281 tends to "tip" the RV up on the opposite-side suspension. I once drove a truck/trailer combo over to Laredo (150-miles) and almost didn't make it back (fuel) due to that headwind (at 50-mph I was driving into the wind-pressure equivalent of doing 85-90 mph).
The breeze is constant year-round, but in August/September expect it to be at it's lowest (when temps are highest). Temps above 95F are not that common (except this year), and with the humidity expect to take precautions. Drought is an unfortunate common occurrence. The worst temps are mid-July through the end of August (today, the Labor Day weekend is noticeably cooler at night).
Unlike North and Central Texas we cool off here immediately as the sun goes down.
Quote:
We did have a huge (unsailable) storm blow in on Thursday. May is getting into tornado season so you have to be mindful.
Hurricane season starts June 1st and runs through November 30th. Old-timers tell us that the "threat" diminishes in the western Gulf about a month earlier than that (though with climate change many bets are off).
The City of Corpus Christi has an excellent site on hurricane preparations for those interested.
There is no serious tornado threat here unlike with Central and Northern Texas. Those areas experience the bulk of their annual rainfall April-June, whereas down here the rains are September-October.
Let me recommend to any of you a local favorite restaurant (with which I have no connection): Snoopy's Pier. Bring cash. Eat outdoors overlooking the ICW (Intercoastal Waterway) near dusk. Inexpensive, we take the discerning and non-discerning. All enjoy it. Just past the bridge as you hit the Island.
As to groceries, the (super) HEB on Waldron Road in Flour Bluff just before you take the causeway to the Island; has tons of parking and nearly every supply. For you non-Texans South Texas is the home of beef in quantities, cuts and prices you might not have ever seen. Bring the smoker (if you can protect it from the wind). (If you're serious: Moody's Meat).
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