Thank you Wayne & Carmen - we'll be back!

one last boat ride

We decided to spend the last 2 hours of daylight on the lake

Uncertain Texas is on the shores of Caddo Lake

The lake shore and with in the lake are zillions of Cyprus trees - SO beautiful!

Spanish Moss drapes this Cyprus Tree

Tree leaves just beginning to bud on some of the Cyprus

The gang

getting the boats out of the water

this place was really unique

one of the local ways to see the lake

paddle boat

our ride

#57

heading back to shore - our last sunset in Texas

the scenery here was incredibly beautiful

Thank you Wayne & Carmen for sharing this place with us!

Winding down

The day we headed to the airport - we decided to stop in Uncertain Texas

Lunch stop

fried okra, fried alligator & grilled shrimp

delicious - especially the alligator!

we got a kick out of the name of this town

The bunk house Wayne & Carmen stayed in during their first visit years ago

our bunk house for this trip

Paulson/Franklin on left - Callaway's to the right

Good Neighbors :)

Last few days of our trip - so fun

and evening house boat trip

Casey navigating between buoys and underwater trees and stumps

not and easy feat in the dark

Wayne, Casey & Carmen

Bubba checking his deep trout line

you can see two catfish on the hooks

funfire

cleaning crew

Casey scraping scales off the Brim fish we caught

Carmen and her giant Crappie

Carmen & Wayne

these guys are awesome!

Casey found a nest of eggs (all open)

At first we thought maybe turtle eggs...

but then decided they were more likely snake eggs.

There were about 8-9 eggs in the nest area.

Monday, April 16, 2012

lots of critters crossed our paths

Wayne told us stories of turtle migration across 6 mile bridge

Lots of road kill on those days...

These turtles were cool & very quick (contrary to the turtle & the hare story!)

Carmen and I tried to catch this guy and give to Casey for a gift - HA

little buggar was so quick - sprinted for cover under the car.

Casey and I were out for a walk and he said - Look at that snake...

Not 20 feet from us was this snake just a' slithering along - ew!

Bubba - aka snake wrangler... decided to pick it up

another great meal - prepared by Wayne & Casey

two of the seven dogs - Ghost & Molly

not shown - Lucy, Poopy, Jake, Butters & Smiley

Oh yeah!

Craw-fish

Carmen

before - craw-fish meal

after - craw-fish meal

We took the golf cart around the neighborhood one evening to check things out.

Sunday, April 15, 2012

 a day to explore south east Texas and south west Louisiana border

...a trip to the coast...

big barge... little tug

shrimp boats

:) Mmmmmm mmmm :)

Eastern Blue Bird

a quick trip out on the lake after getting home

Pelicans, Geese & Anhinga's taking flight

Clockwise

Casey, Bubba, Wayne & Carmen

- Enjoying an evening on the house boat -

C@sey

Carmen

Wayne

we stopped for a swim one day... only to be warned by other boaters...

Gator in the neighborhood!

We climbed on board - fast... then went looking for her...

There she blows!

Saturday, April 14, 2012

my cowboy!

<3

Wayne & Carmen took us on a tour of Hemphill 

and surrounding parks - blustery Saturday

Casey & Heidi hanging out at the bunk house

:)

escargot

made with love by Wayne

devoured by ALL

truly delicious!

two of the most down to earth people in Texas

Bubba

- Hemphill local - 

he shared some of the best fishing holes and stories with us

Casey checking Bubba's bait traps

putting bait on the shallow trout line

I caught a nice crappie - using live bait

Casey and his catfish...  we fried him up when we got home :)

the sunset as we motored back to shore