Wallace Lake, Cameron Park, Shreveport LA, A
This kayak trail route map in the Wallace Lake area south of Shreveport LA, launching out of Milton James (Hookie) Cameron Park just off Interstate 49. This trip, one of two here, went northwest to explore Cypress Bayou and Boggy Bayou. The turnarounds in each stream were marked by phone pins and were spots where I had had enough crashing through the brush. This wasn’t a long trip but it took some time: both creeks are tangled with vegetation and there was a lot of back-paddling to avoid or go around dense sections. Interesting couple of streams, but notable for the amount of junk, especially plastic bottles, perhaps because the launch is near a metro area. Saw one alligator, a big moccasin, and a couple owls. Flow at USGS Cypress Bayou-Keithville was 4.61 cfs, not much, Wallace Lake at 142.6.
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Above: Milton James Cameron Park launch site.
Above: Had some company.
Above: Lots of swallows under the Interstate 49 bridge.
Above: Popcorn tree, Chinese Tallow, invasive according to PlantNet.
Above: Single trunk at base, then three trunks, then four trunks higher up.
Above: The trip had quite a bit of this, which was (mostly) fun.