Yep, you're right on the money. My son and I rented a canoe from them last year and had a blast at Cypress. The livery folks are great! They gave us directions to find Cypress and a few other little gems along the way.Originally Posted by bamafan
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Thank you for the info bamafan, I'll check into the livery service. Don't worry, we wouldn't jeopardize access by truly trespassing via land. It's just that in olden times, many sinks and springs were only accessible with a little 'creative orienteering'....
Since my husband has recently blown his knee riding off-road, it looks like we'll be heading to a favorite spot in Texas (near Camp Wood) on four wheels and saving the springs for another trip!
FWIW:
the last owner of Cypress sold this property to a water bottler because the political system in that county wouldn't let him put a river deflector another spring. He wanted to make a community park. The county are just plain nasty corrupt.
They were bitter that local friend didn't get to buy these springs a a really low price and some Yankee came in and bought it.
Now : no spring for the community. And they don't care.
Enjoy your canoe ride.
That owner now lives ontop the hill above Magnolia/Becton Spring. He got in trouble there for ripping up limestone in attempts to enlarge the vents there. He's a nice guy, lets you use his boat launch to dive the spring there instead of mucking up the bottom.
If you want a flavor for the area get this morris documentary on dvd...http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083281/
"With regard to cave diving, the great thing is to be carried where you could not have imagined you would ever be, and then to come back alive."
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I recall divers going to Magnolia Spring and lifting rocks out to help clean it up.
Ripping up limestone sounds like a term the county commissioners would have said to distort the facts.
We thought the rocks were from locals fishing with dynamite over the years.
I agree. He was always a nice guy with us.
He got in trouble for the same at Cypress, IIRC.
Good Lord...'XIV'...must have had a bout of lixdexia.
That's one way to bring a 7 year old thread back. How did the trip go?
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