Jim Chapman, Cooper Lake, Middle Sulphur River
Kayak route map out at Jim Chapman/Cooper Lake, a large reservoir about 10 miles north of Sulphur Springs on Interstate 30. The trip starts and returns at Johns Creek Ramp, first west along the north shore, then up Jernigan Creek a ways, then up the Middle Sulphur River a ways (which was a bit hard to find, some missteps there). The return tracks straight across the lake, around a little island, and back to the start point. This trip launched at around 8 AM because the weather was supposed to turn bad around 2. But at 12 things already started to pick up, with cloud to ground lightning nearby and getting windy. Once the boat was back on the top of the car it started to rain sheets for entire two hour drive back (which included a long traffic delay on 75 Central).
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Above: The weather isn’t bad yet.
Above: Bald Eagle.
Above: Soon it will be time to drink that Coke.
Above: Yikes, lots of cloud to ground lightning. Get off the lake man.