After spending Thanksgiving with my daughter and son-in-law at his cousin's home near Shreveport, LA, I took my Grand camping with me for the weekend. I like going to the Army Corps of Engineer's campgrounds whenever I can. My "Camping with the Corps of Engineers" book comes in very handy for finding these places, hence our weekend stay.
Before finding a camp site, we ventured across the dam....
(passenger's side heading north)
(passenger's side heading north)
(driver's side)
and then turned right onto gravel road called Duck Dam Road, built across a bayou/swampland area that reminded me of driving down an old railroad grade, only wider. We drove down that road for miles (very slowly) looking for a "primitive camping spot". However I, just wasn't comfortable camping there. Thoughts of copperheads in unexpected places kept me driving.
I had thought we were supposed to see waterfowl......, never did... maybe I was in the wrong place. However we did take some photos from the comfort of the RV. Everytime we stopped for a photo, the grandson had to take one from his side too. He did pretty good.
( I am thinking a camera might be good for his next B-Day present?)
Some tall beautiful pines!
A good boondocking site..
Further down the road. the road widens and the wooded area opens up, portraying some of the last beautiful colors of fall.
We turned back to go back across the dam, and stopped at the log home built by the original owner.
The sign says, "Durden House, Educational Center"
We did not find anyone about so just looked around the outside. It had a beautiful flagstone path in the front and up to the steps of the wide veranda.
I wish I had been able to get more info, but we satisfied ourselves with viewing the outside.
Interestingly, the home was built with a wide open hallway between 2 sections.
Of course, the electric ceiling fans were installed later. Grand was fascinated with the structured (caulking between the logs)
The back was much the same as the front with a wide veranda across it as well, and a screendoor on the one side.
Out front again, hiking trails went off in both directions. We took the dogs for a walk down one but had to turn back soon, as it began to rain again.
Tomorrow, the Tom Merrill campground.
That space between the two buildings is called a "dog trot". I guess that's where the dogs went to cool off in hot weather. The reason for the trot was the kitchen was on one side and the living & sleeping quarters was on the other. If a fire happened in the kitchen they could, hopefully save the living quarters.
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