Driving directions: ~120 miles from downtown Houston - about 2 1/4 hours. Leave plenty of time and have faith. It will definitely seem like you're lost and you might actually be lost.
From Houston, drive south on Hwy 59 about 95 miles.Take the exit toward TX-71/El Campo/Palacios. Drive about 22 miles.Turn left onto TX-35 N. Drive about 3 miles. Turn right onto Farm to Market 1095. Drive about 14 miles. Almost into Collegeport, turn left onto County Road 365/Oyster Lake Rd. Follow CR 365/Oyster Lake Road to the end, about 9 miles, to the Oyster Lake Bridge. You are there.
From Blessing, drive south on Hwy 35 about 5.5 miles and turn left onto Hwy 521. Drive east on Hwy 521 to FM 1095 and turn right. Follow FM 1095 southward about 6 miles and turn right onto CR 365/Oyster Lake Road. Cotinue to follow above directions to put-in.
Lat - lon of the put-in is 28° 36.845'N 96° 12.724'W
Saturday night, if time allows and some people wish, there is live music and dinner available at a quaint little music listening room in Ganado, 30 minutes from Blessing. The singer is Frank Martin Gilligan at The Rear Window. The performance is around $15 and dinner is $12.
As you drive down, you might notice that many of the small towns are named after women. Here's who some of them are:
Beasley, TX was founded in the mid-1890's by Cecil A Beasley, a Richmond banker, who called the town Dyer in honor of Miss Isabel Dyer, who later became Mrs. Beasley.
Louise, TX was one of six stations on the "Macaroni Line" railroad from Rosenberg to Victoria, so nicknamed because many of the workers were Italian immigrants. A post office was established in 1888 and named after Louise Mackay, wife of the major investor.
Edna, TX was another stop on the Macaroni Line and Edna was the daughter of Italian Count Joseph Telfener, who promoted and built the line and provided the labor. The first child born in the new community was Edna Louise Traylor.
Victoria was first settled when a Spanish mission was relocated in 1722. Victoria was named for General Guadalupe Victoria, the first president of independent Mexico. Gotcha.
Lolita, TX was named in 1909 after Lolita Reese, a granddaughter of Texas revolution veteran Charles Keller Reese.