Comal

It's always interesting to find out, if one can, who 'owns' these places. arbon and I met a German businessman taking photos in Comalá.

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Just about this time fall weather was coming on, and there was a suggestion of an approaching winter in the chill morning air, and receiving a letter from my old friend Clarke in Galveston, telling me there was a good job waiting for me if I could come at once, I pulled up stakes in New York, and sailed away on the Mallory Line ship "Comal," for my old stamping ground.

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Jarrette Schule found a rocket launcher in his backyard in rural Comal County, Texas on Tuesday.

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An ordinance to ban beer cans and other disposable containers at the Comal River has some locals up in arms.

When Litterbugs Spoil the Floating Party Angel Gonzalez 2011

Because of the continuing drought, the 1½-hour ride down the Comal within the city now can take three hours or more, giving tubers more time to drink and litter.

When Litterbugs Spoil the Floating Party Angel Gonzalez 2011

Thousands of visitors crammed into the drought-depleted Comal River in central Texas over Labor Day weekend, potentially the last major holiday when they will be allowed to haul six-packs as they float along on inner tubes.

When Litterbugs Spoil the Floating Party Angel Gonzalez 2011

Julia Robinson for The Wall Street Journal Tubers on the Comal River in New Braunfels on Sunday The cool waters of Texas rivers have long attracted tubers seeking reprieve from scorching summers.

When Litterbugs Spoil the Floating Party Angel Gonzalez 2011

With other rivers reduced to a trickle, the spring-fed Comal is also attracting more people—more than 10,000 on a busy weekend is the norm, officials say.

When Litterbugs Spoil the Floating Party Angel Gonzalez 2011

In New Braunfels, settled by German immigrants more than a century ago, throngs of swimsuit-clad people equipped with inflatable tubes the size of truck wheels plunk them into the Comal and slowly float down like water lilies in a movable feast that can include cigarette-smoking, blaring boomboxes and dogs.

When Litterbugs Spoil the Floating Party Angel Gonzalez 2011

Incidentally, I had the good fortune to visit Comal Independent School District and Jim Ned Independent School District, where students use the iPod Touch as part of their curriculum, and I was blown away by what I saw there.

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