Curious Kayaking Pictures 3
A collection of curious, unusual, and interesting pictures from kayak paddling trips on rivers, lakes, and bayous in the TX LA OK AR area. Set 3.
Above: Night paddle near campsite in Pond Creek NWR.
Above: Hugo WMA. Will need to portage from here to the Kiamichi River.
Above: “Vinezilla” At McGee Creek NSRA, OK.
Above: Hard going. Atchafalaya swamp.
Above: Portage over levee, Upper Ouachita NWR.
Above: Big storm brought tree down near Felsenthal, had to reroute.
Above: Boat washing.
Above: Old kayak embedded vertically in the river, somehow. Gaines Creek Oklahoma.
Above: Old coin from extraterrestrials, found along Walnut Creek, Joe Pool Lake.
Above: Assembly of black vultures, Elm Fork Trinity above Hebron.
Above: A piece of chocolate cake broke off.
Above: In a trash pile where White Rock Creek feeds into the Trinity below Dallas.
Above: Really?
Above: Pumpjack automatons creaking and grinding in the Caddo swamp, James Bayou, LA. Surreal and post-apocalyptic.
Above: Pulling the boat up a riffle in the Kiamichi River above Rattan Landing.
Above: Apple snail eggs, easy to spot, laid by the invasive Apple Snail. Atchafalaya, Lake Fausse Pointe SP.
Above: How about here? Blind River, LA
Above: Up and over somewhere along Fusil Bayou, LA.
Above: Old railroad gear left in the swamp.
Above: Metallic blue sheen on the water from iron oxide bacteria (says AI). Caddo.
Above: Up and over along the Sulphur River, White Oak Creek WMA area.
Above: Treat of ripe persimmons hanging over the water, late fall, Neches River.
Above: Pulling around a logjam on the Sabine River.
Above: Something wicked that way goes. Sabine RIver.
Above: Along the Washita River, Oklahoma.
Above: Pig squaring off with car. McFaddin NWR.
Above: Beaver dam. The water upstream is about 3 feet higher, at eye level when sitting in the boat, compared to the downstream level. It’s a very weird sensation.
Above: White Rock Lake, returned to launch, sopping wet. They said the chance was 15%.
Above: Algae mat, image search says maybe cyanobacteria (blue green algae). Very old organism, was here before plants, billions of years ago.