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chanson
Since 31 Jan 2006
1874 Posts
WISCONSIN
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 Wed Sep 24, 08 11:02 am turkey day is on its way!! |
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with thanksgiving coming soon, it is time to plan another kite-trip.
We usually go to SPI cuz we have a free place to stay and those Texans know how to deep-fry a turkey  ...but with no more southwest flights to Harlingen, the price of tickets is ($700) and I am looking at other options also.
fly somewhere else and drive to padre...any suggestions..?
fly to another destination..
fly to boise for $200 and snow-kite all weekend,
We are planning on leaving Tues(25th) and return on Sunday(30th)
What are your plans..?
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JMatic
Since 12 Aug 2008
252 Posts
Boise, In Dat Ho
Obsessed
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| Wed Sep 24, 08 11:17 am SPI Trip |
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Snowkiting is likely a no-go then bro, most of us fly south for the Turkey day holiday to La ventana or SPI to hit up the warm water and return usually to a 2-3 foot base. Last year was exceptional with riding in early Nov....but the snowpack was too weak to booost without thoughts of splacking onto boulders and crusted sagebrush.
Since SW isn't flying to Harlington, we're flying to San Antonio and driving 4 1/2 hours to SPI. Sucks, but beats flying to Brownsville for $750 (cheapest we found it).
Good luck and give a shout out to the Boise crew when you roll through. Late
Jmac
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rich
Since 30 Nov 2005
306 Posts
portland
Obsessed
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| Wed Sep 24, 08 12:51 pm |
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| we're going to key west for a week the friday after turkey day. It looks like more of a light wind spot, kitehouse.com says that it averages 10 - 15 mph. So maybe it is kind of like cozumel. Should be fun, bummed that I need to get a bigger kite though.
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Vankiter
Since 24 Jun 2007
34 Posts
Canvouver
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| Wed Sep 24, 08 1:03 pm Southwest |
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| Southwest still flies to Harlingen. You just can't book straight from PDX to HRL. You have to get one ticket for PDX-HOU, and another one for HOU-HRL. They may be able to book it striaght through if you call, but you might not get the web specials.
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sonny
Since 24 Sep 2008
9 Posts
Bay Area, CA
New Member
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| Wed Sep 24, 08 2:01 pm |
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I'm flying into Brownsville on Continental.
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Blue
Since 03 Jul 2007
469 Posts
I used to be
Obsessed
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| Wed Sep 24, 08 2:53 pm Re: SPI Trip |
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| Quote: | | Snowkiting is likely a no-go then bro, most of us fly south for the Turkey day holiday to La ventana or SPI to hit up the warm water ... |
Thanksgiving Day might be too early for La Ventana. I was there last year, for the entire week I got only two hours of wind. I still enjoyed my time on the beach though.
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railgrab
Since 29 Mar 2005
177 Posts
Seattle, WA
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| Wed Sep 24, 08 7:16 pm |
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| Denise and I are flying on Continental from Seattle to Mcallin (75 miles to SPI) Nov. 22- Dec 1. Prices dropped by about $200 a ticket for us 2 nights ago... $530 RT (it was well over $700 last week).
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bandito
Since 07 May 2005
178 Posts
Photographer
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| Thu Sep 25, 08 6:24 am |
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San Antonio
you can drive to either SPI or Corpus from there! last i looked prices where $250 direct from PDX.
bandito
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pacifichigh
Since 11 May 2005
1004 Posts
ATX
Texan
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| Thu Sep 25, 08 6:49 am |
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| The Drive from San Antonio to SPI is harsh, around 5 hrs if I remember correctly. Corpus is 1.5-2.
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pauls
Since 20 Jun 2005
564 Posts
Northern Portugal
Addicted
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| Thu Sep 25, 08 7:08 am |
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| Since every other kiter in the NW is flying to Texas - i shall stay here, we'll have an indian summer with 20-25 westerlies and i'll have Stevenson all to my self!
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cosmodog
Since 06 Oct 2005
205 Posts
Stoked
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| Thu Sep 25, 08 7:47 am |
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| Quote: | | The Drive from San Antonio to SPI is harsh, around 5 hrs if I remember correctly. Corpus is 1.5-2. |
I think its more like 4.5 from San Antonio and 3 from Corpus
(36 straight from San Fran, we are driving down again for the month of Nov  )
Beware of San Antonio traffic, it can get ugly.
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Moto
Since 03 Sep 2006
2698 Posts
Still a gojo pimp!
Moto Mouth
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| Thu Sep 25, 08 7:59 am |
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| pauls wrote: | | Since every other kiter in the NW is flying to Texas - i shall stay here, we'll have an indian summer with 20-25 westerlies and i'll have Stevenson all to my self! |
I'll join you!!
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forrest
Since 21 Jun 2005
4330 Posts
Hood River
Hick
CGKA Member
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| Thu Sep 25, 08 9:38 am |
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| If you fly into San Antonio and if the forecast looks crap, you can hit up the Texas Ski Ranch cable park just north until it looks better. Plus, you won't find food better than what San Antonio has to offer. That's my recommendation.
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Gman
Since 11 Feb 2006
4911 Posts
Portland
Unstrapped
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blowhard
Since 26 Dec 2005
2027 Posts
Windward
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| Thu Sep 25, 08 9:43 am |
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talk about grinders 
yoww
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SL8r
Since 19 Apr 2008
65 Posts
Pain is a part of the game when you're a
Baller
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| Thu Sep 25, 08 11:46 am |
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Bettyboarder
Since 18 Mar 2005
1823 Posts
PDX/ White Salmon
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| Thu Sep 25, 08 11:52 am |
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Only if you get your grandma to let us stay at her house
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