Went on another picture-taking extravaganza in the abandoned Army camp. Got a few neat pictures, I thought I'd share them.

Tomorrow we are making the trip north to the singletrack again. MAYBE, just maybe, there will be some helmet-cam action... no promises, though. Definately pics, though.

Sewage treatment plant:




The big highline. Off-limits to motorized vehicles, unfortunately. Some really neat swamp and creek on the other side, if you walk across.



The old entrance to the camp is on top of that next hill, about an 1/4 of a mile or so down the way. Someone actually bought the land down there and built their house right there. The old road runs right beside their driveway. Needless to say it is off-limits. Also, to the right in the woods, is where the old road was, there are two bridges that are gone, and the "road" has deterriorated to an overgrown dirt path through the woods. I've never been down to where the bridges were, I just know it becomes too overgrown to ride down on a bike. Been down it in a pickup at midnight, don't remember much, though.

Little Creek




Giant old culvert under the road. Pics don't do it much justice. I'd say its 4 feet in diameter easy.





Pops theorizes that these were sewer lift stations. They're all over the camp. All I know is, if you need to whack somebody, this is where you get rid of the body.

 

Nice post. thanks for sharing.

 

Cool place, thanks for the pics. Those "lift stations" look pretty dangerous, big open hole like that.

 

Definitely a cool place to ride. Thanks for posting up the pics. What temps are you riding in there?
+1 on the dangerous holes, probably a few dead animals in there.

 

Louisiana is pretty bipolar when it comes to weather and temps. For the last week, we've been in the 70s. That day, I didn't even wear a jacket. Today we were in the 80s. Yes, I said 80s. I went for a night ride just now, temps were still in the mid 70s.

And the forecast for tomorrow... high of 59, low of 30.

There are an ungodly amount of open manhole covers and random holes in the ground. If you stomp off into the woods, its always a wise idea to tread lightly. The Army Corps of Engineers went through the camp in '07 and marked all the "hazards" in the old camp property.... open manholes, foundations with holes, etc. My dad ran into them and they gave him a copy of the 1945 camp blueprints Super awesome. Point being, that most all of the open manholes and other dangerous things will have a yellow ribbon and a metal tag on a nearby tree. I'll try and snap a pic of one tomorrow or Sunday.

Here's a couple of pics my dad took in '06/07 right after he got his DRZ400:

 

I like old abandoned sites of all kinds. Thanks for the pics.

 

Me too, I think its fascinating. My "night ride" tonight was into the camp. Spooky! There is cloud cover tonight, and no moon. And of course someone called me right when I was riding in, and they left a voicemail, so I stopped to check it right underneath the hanging trees (old oaks... was a gas station when the camp was open, but that's what everybody calls them). I couldn't resist turning off the bike and sitting there in the complete dark

HELLA- spooky. Plenty of people up to no good as usual. Saw a sheriff's deputy hanging out, though, hopefully he'll keep the peace. He was friendly, I stopped and talk to him for a minute. People like to party in there and do stupid crap.

 

Is this a common occurence in Louisana ??




Great pictures, looks like a fun place to ride. Why cant you ride the power lines? We aint "suppose to" ride the ones around here . . . . .

 

That place looks real cool, I can't wait to take some pictures this summer. I've never been dual sporting I just got my bike in december.

 

HAHA no I was just trying to make the point that there are countless places for a person (living or otherwise) to disappear. Thank God I get cellphone signal everywhere in there.

I think the problem with the highline and the pipeline (can't ride it, either) is that the dumb rednecks and their 4-wheelers tore up the right-away so bad that the utility companies were having to spend too much to maintain it, and/or they were having problems with them screwing with their substation. So the USFS designated it "wildlife protection areas"... one is for some flower and the other is for wild turkeys... neither of which are ANYWHERE in the near vicinity of either highline or the pipeline.

No offense to any ATV riders, but you guys pretty much ruin all the fun around here