Collections of ten or more pictures, often with write-ups about what was going on.
Trip: Destination — The Texas Gulf Coast. We are back on the road on the second of our shakedown trips in advance of some more serious travel next year. We are headed back to Texas. Beaumont, Texas to be precise, where we plan to work for five days, and then spend some time on a Texas Gulf Coast beach before returning home. Album: 8 31
Norfork Lookout Point. Overlooking the North Fork River, Arkansas.
Norfork Lookout Point. Overlooking the North Fork River, Arkansas
Norfork Lookout Point. Overlooking the North Fork River, Arkansas.
Norfork Dam, Arkansas. Dam number two in our Double Dam Day. It is not a very photogenic dam, and rather uninspiring. To its credit there is a campground downstream, which seems to be popular with the fishing fraternity. +1
White River at Allison, Arkansas.
Bridge over Sylamore Creek, Allison, Arkansas.
Greers Ferry Dam on the Little Red River, Arkansas, and a change of plan.
Sunset, Pine Bluff, Arkansas — Ginger insisted that we stop to watch the sunset. I’m glad we did. It was a good one! Note: the cloud lines were straight, but this extreme wide-angle (180+°) view makes them curved.
Sunset at Sea Rim State Park, Texas — When it got dark, we found out why we had the beach to ourselves — hordes of ferocious mosquitoes.
Sunset at Sea Rim State Park, Texas — When it got dark, we found out why we had the beach to ourselves — hordes of ferocious mosquitoes.
Sun, sand, and sea — Beach Camping at Sea Rim State Park, Texas.
Beach Camping at Sea Rim State Park, Texas. 2
Ginger soaking up the sun on the Gulf of Mexico — Beach Camping at Sea Rim State Park, Texas. +1
Sea Rim State Park, Texas.
Beach Camping at Sea Rim State Park, Texas — We had the whole beach to ourselves and 80°F in November. We saw some alligator tracks in the sand, and when it got dark, we found out why we had the beach to ourselves — hordes of ferocious mosquitoes. +1
It looks like a jungle in there — Trail near Cattail Marsh, Tyrrell Park, Beaumont, Texas.
Cattail Marsh, Tyrrell Park, Beaumont, Texas.
Yes, they are alive… Didn’t see any though. Cattail Marsh, Tyrrell Park, Beaumont, Texas.
Pagoda and boardwalk — Cattail Marsh, Tyrrell Park, Beaumont, Texas.
Cattail Marsh, Tyrrell Park, Beaumont, Texas — Day Five. Morning walk to get away from work and out of the hotel for a break. Studying the maps I discovered that Cattail Marsh is actually a posh name for a sewage treatment pond.
Fish – Toledo Bend Reservoir, Tourist Information Center, Louisiana.
Toledo Bend Reservoir, Louisiana. From the Louisiana Tourist Center, complete with the sounds of an accompanying distant chainsaw. Video: 25 Seconds
Toledo Bend Reservoir, Louisiana. Day Three. Natchitoches, Louisiana to Beaumont, Texas.